New Cumberland Police Jail

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The New Cumberland Police Jail is located at 104 North Court Street in New Cumberland, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the New Cumberland Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the New Cumberland Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the New Cumberland Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Hancock County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that might help others is appreciated.

New Cumberland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The New Cumberland Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information for anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

New Cumberland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the New Cumberland Police Jail takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You must answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the phone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to be released that morning.

New Cumberland Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list each visitor’s full name to the New Cumberland Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The New Cumberland Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official New Cumberland Police Jail at 304-564-3383 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the New Cumberland Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at New Cumberland Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 of age and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the New Cumberland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the New Cumberland 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 New Cumberland 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 New Cumberland 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the New Cumberland Police Jail are always changing, so you should visit the New Cumberland Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at New Cumberland 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 New Cumberland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-564-3383 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 New Cumberland Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely 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 items 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 such as 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 New Cumberland Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

The New Cumberland Police Jail phone number is: 304-564-3383

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 profits these phone service providers make off of 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 New Cumberland Police Jail. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 prisons or jails where 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 facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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