Sugar Mountain Police Jail

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The Sugar Mountain Police Jail is located at 237 Dick Trundy Lane in Sugar Mountain, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sugar Mountain Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Sugar Mountain Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Sugar Mountain Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Sugar Mountain Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sugar Mountain Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you have their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Sugar Mountain Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Sugar Mountain Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

First you have to answer some questions, such as your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. It also will depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the judge has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Sugar Mountain Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Sugar Mountain Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go in the log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

The Sugar Mountain Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Sugar Mountain Police Jail at 828-898-4349 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Sugar Mountain Police Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Sugar Mountain Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 Sugar Mountain Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sugar Mountain 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 Sugar Mountain 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 Sugar Mountain 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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 name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file containing a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the Avery County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Avery County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Sugar Mountain Police Jail is likely to change, so check the Sugar Mountain Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sugar Mountain 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 Sugar Mountain Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 828-898-4349 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 Sugar Mountain Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use 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 inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Sugar Mountain Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Sugar Mountain Police Jail phone number is: 828-898-4349

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts 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 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 Sugar Mountain 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 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 is 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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