Lester Police Jail

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The Lester Police Jail is located at 122 Grandison Road in Lester, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lester Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Lester Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Lester Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask them, and any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Lester Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lester Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to get information about anybody processed or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their arrest information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Lester Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Lester Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some questions, such as your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process may take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge has to determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Lester Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Lester Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Lester Police Jail at 304-934-6301 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Lester Police Jail you must be added to their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Lester Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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, this 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 magazines to an inmate at the Lester Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lester 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 Lester 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 Lester 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 can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket and all of the documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Lester Police Jail are always changing, so it would be best to double check the Lester Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lester 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 Lester Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-934-6301 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 Lester Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Lester Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 304-934-6301

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make are split 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 Lester Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Lester Police Jail, click the link below.

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