Harnett County Jail

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The Harnett County Jail is located at 1005 Edwards Brothers Drive in Lillington, NC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Harnett County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Harnett County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Harnett County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, just ask it, and any comments or tips that could help others would be much appreciated.

Harnett County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Harnett County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get the same information about anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information fast if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Harnett County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Harnett County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or 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 a number of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued 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 to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. This process will take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, it might depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Harnett County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give information about each visitor to the Harnett County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log for the inmate. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the official Harnett County Jail at (910) 893-0257 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Harnett County Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Harnett County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 a 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 Harnett County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Harnett 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 Harnett 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 Harnett 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, 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 Harnett County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Harnett County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail are always changing, so be sure to visit the Harnett County Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Harnett 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 Harnett County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (910) 893-0257 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 Harnett County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from 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 sufficient funds in their trust account. These products 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 Harnett County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (910) 893-0257

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Harnett County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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