Saint Matthews Police Jail

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The Saint Matthews Police Jail is located at 1313 Bridge Street in Saint Matthews, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Saint Matthews Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Saint Matthews Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Saint Matthews Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Saint Matthews Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Saint Matthews Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info on anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Saint Matthews Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Saint Matthews Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the telephone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be released. It also can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, plan to be released that morning.

Saint Matthews Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Saint Matthews Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a log of visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 803-874-2131 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Saint Matthews Police Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Saint Matthews Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Saint Matthews Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Saint Matthews 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 Saint Matthews 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 Saint Matthews 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Calhoun County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Saint Matthews Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so you should review the Saint Matthews Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Saint Matthews 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 Saint Matthews Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 803-874-2131 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 Saint Matthews Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need 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 the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust 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 Saint Matthews Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly 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 you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

The Saint Matthews Police Jail phone number is: 803-874-2131

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, 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 Saint Matthews Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding 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 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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