Bertie County Jail

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The Bertie County Jail is located at 104 Dundee Street in Windsor, NC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Bertie County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Bertie County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Bertie County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Bertie County Jail
10. How to Search Bertie County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Bertie County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bertie County Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Bertie County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Bertie County Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

First you will answer some simple questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Bertie County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Bertie County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Bertie County Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at (252) 794-5330 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Bertie County Jail you have to be on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Bertie County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Bertie County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bertie County 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 Bertie County 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 Bertie County 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Bertie County court website or call the jail directly. 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 be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Bertie County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you review the Bertie County Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bertie County 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 Bertie County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (252) 794-5330 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 Bertie County Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Bertie County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (252) 794-5330

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Bertie County 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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