Lincoln County Detention Center

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The Lincoln County Detention Center is located at 700 John Howel Memorial Drive in Lincolnton, NC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Lincoln County Detention Center, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Lincoln County Detention Center, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Lincoln County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lincoln County Detention Center Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info for anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate their inmate information fast if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Lincoln County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Lincoln County Detention Center is made up of the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Lincoln County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Lincoln County Detention Center before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a Visiting log as an approved visitor. All visitors has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Lincoln County Detention Center change often, so we suggest that you call the official Lincoln County Detention Center at (704) 732-9050 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Lincoln County Detention Center you have to first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Lincoln County Detention Center, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Lincoln County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lincoln County Detention Center 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 Lincoln County Detention Center. 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 Lincoln County Detention Center 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 an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Lincoln County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket and all of the documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Lincoln County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail change frequently, so you should visit the Lincoln County Detention Center site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lincoln County Detention Center

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 Lincoln County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (704) 732-9050 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 Lincoln County Detention Center store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Lincoln County Detention Center are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

The Lincoln County Detention Center phone number is: (704) 732-9050

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 they control the prices. The profits from 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 Lincoln County Detention Center. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Lincoln County Detention Center, click the link below.

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