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Botetourt County Jail Information

Address

Botetourt County Jail
30 West Back Street
Fincastle, VA 24090

Phone Number

Phone: (540) 473-8202

The Botetourt County Jail is located at 30 West Back Street in Fincastle, VA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Botetourt County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others is welcome.

Botetourt County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is locked up and want to find out where they are? Do you know a friend or family member that’s been arrested and you want to find out where they are?

To find out who’s in jail at the Botetourt County Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

Last Name

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Who’s In Jail

The Botetourt County Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info on anybody processed or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Botetourt County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Botetourt County Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to figure out your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply 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 plan to get released that morning.

Botetourt County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide information about each visitor to the Botetourt County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so you should call the official Botetourt County Jail at (540) 473-8202 before you visit an inmate.

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

To visit someone at the Botetourt County Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Botetourt County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually 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 under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Botetourt County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Botetourt 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.

Mailing Address

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Botetourt County Jail is:

Botetourt County Jail
30 West Back Street
Fincastle, VA 24090

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Botetourt County Jail
30 West Back Street
Fincastle, VA 24090

The Botetourt County Jail mail policy changes, so you should check the the Botetourt County Jail 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 Botetourt 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 Botetourt 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Botetourt County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail change frequently, so it would be best to visit the Botetourt County Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Botetourt 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 Botetourt County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (540) 473-8202 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 Botetourt County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Botetourt County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (540) 473-8202

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each 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 from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Botetourt County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling 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. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 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 Botetourt County Jail, click the link below.

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