Lee County Jail

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The Lee County Jail is located at 1401 Elm Street in Sanford, NC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lee County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything related to the Lee County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Lee County court records, and everything else.

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10. How to Search Lee County Arrest Records

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that might be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Lee County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lee County Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Lee County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Lee 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, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer some simple questions, such as your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes from 30 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. It also can depend on if you have a bond amount or if a judge has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Lee County Jail Visitation

The inmate must list each visitor’s full name to the Lee County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the jail at (919) 775-5531 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No mobile phones at Lee County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Lee County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lee 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 Lee 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 Lee 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 for your arrest, you can access court records online or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Lee County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail could change, so you should review the Lee County Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lee 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 Lee County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (919) 775-5531 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 Lee County Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Lee County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and 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 might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (919) 775-5531

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Lee County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 figuring 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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