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Mason Police Jail Information

Address

Mason Police Jail
1601 Second Street
Mason, WV 25260

Phone Number

Phone: 304-773-5201

The Mason Police Jail is located at 1601 Second Street in Mason, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mason Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Mason Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Mason Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the info that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Mason Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is in jail and need to contact them? Do you know a friend or family member who’s been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

To look up who is in jail at the Mason Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mason Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can get information for anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information faster if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Mason Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Mason Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You have to answer some questions, like what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Mason Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Mason Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Mason Police Jail at 304-773-5201 before you go to the jail to visit.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Mason Police Jail you must first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Mason Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to 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 Mason Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mason 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Mason Police Jail:

Mason Police Jail
1601 Second Street
Mason, WV 25260

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Mason Police Jail
1601 Second Street
Mason, WV 25260

The Mason Police Jail mail policy can change, so review the official website before you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Mason 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 Mason 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the Mason County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Mason Police Jail inmates change frequently, so be sure to double check the Mason Police Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mason 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 Mason Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-773-5201 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 inmateâ€™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 Mason Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Mason Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

The Mason Police Jail phone number is: 304-773-5201

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Mason Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 learning 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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