Grundy Police Jail

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The Grundy Police Jail is located at 1185 Plaza Drive in Grundy, VA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Grundy Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the Grundy Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and advice that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Grundy Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Grundy Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who are in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get the same information about anyone processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Grundy Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Grundy Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Grundy Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list information about each visitor to the Grundy Police Jail before you can visit. This information will go into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Grundy Police Jail frequently change, so you should call the jail at 276-935-2551 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Grundy Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Grundy Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Grundy Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Grundy Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Grundy Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Grundy Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Buchanan County court website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Buchanan County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Grundy Police Jail jail inmates might change, so you should double check the Grundy Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Grundy Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Grundy Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 276-935-2551 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Grundy Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Grundy Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 276-935-2551

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Grundy Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Grundy Police Jail, click the link below.

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