Gastonia Police Jail

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The Gastonia Police Jail is located at 200 East Long Avenue in Gastonia, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the City Of Gastonia Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Gastonia Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Gastonia Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gastonia Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information for anybody who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Gastonia Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Gastonia Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and 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. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Gastonia Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Gastonia Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of visitors for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Gastonia Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 704-866-6702 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Gastonia Police Jail you have to be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Gastonia Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Gastonia Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gastonia 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 Gastonia 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 Gastonia 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Gaston County jail website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Gaston County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Gastonia Police Jail inmates might change, so it would be best to visit the Gastonia Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gastonia 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 Gastonia Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 704-866-6702 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 Gastonia Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably 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 a selection 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, 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

All phone calls from the Gastonia Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Gastonia Police Jail phone number is: 704-866-6702

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make 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 Gastonia Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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