Orangeburg County Jail

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The Orangeburg County Jail is located at 1520 Ellis Avenue Extension N.E. in Orangeburg, SC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Orangeburg County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Orangeburg County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Orangeburg County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Orangeburg County Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information on anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Orangeburg County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Orangeburg County Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the judge must decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Orangeburg County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Orangeburg County Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Orangeburg County Jail are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at (803) 531-4658 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Orangeburg County Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s 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 mobile phones at Orangeburg County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 old and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Orangeburg County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Orangeburg County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Orangeburg County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from other states. 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 completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail could change, so we suggest that you visit the Orangeburg County Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (803) 531-4658 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 Orangeburg County Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like 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 a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Orangeburg County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must 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, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Orangeburg County Jail phone number is: (803) 531-4658

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Orangeburg County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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