Fair Bluff Police Jail

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The Fair Bluff Police Jail is located at 1175 Main Street in Fair Bluff, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the City Of Fair Bluff Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Fair Bluff Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Fair Bluff Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might help others would be appreciated.

Fair Bluff Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fair Bluff Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who are in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information about anyone processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Fair Bluff Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Fair Bluff Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some simple questions, like what is your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process may take between 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, 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, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Fair Bluff Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Fair Bluff Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Fair Bluff Police Jail at 910-649-7323 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Fair Bluff Police Jail you have to first be on their visitation list.

Make 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.

No mobile phones are allowed at Fair Bluff Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody under 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 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 under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Fair Bluff Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fair Bluff Police 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 Fair Bluff Police 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 Fair Bluff Police 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records online or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear 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, and their arrest date, contact the Columbus County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the Columbus County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Fair Bluff Police Jail could change, so check the Fair Bluff Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fair Bluff Police 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 Fair Bluff Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 910-649-7323 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 Fair Bluff Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need 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 purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Fair Bluff Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 910-649-7323

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services 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 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 Fair Bluff Police Jail. The rates 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on calling 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone call 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 Fair Bluff Police Jail, click the link below.

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