Durham Police Jail

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The Durham Police Jail is located at 505 West Chapel Hill Street in Durham, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the City Of Durham Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Durham Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Durham Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Durham Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people currently in custody, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get information about anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Durham Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Durham Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate must decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, 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 plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Durham Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Durham Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 919-560-4427 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Durham Police Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Durham Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Durham Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Durham 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 Durham 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 Durham 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records online or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the Durham County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Durham County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

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

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates might change, so double check the Durham Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Durham 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 Durham Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 919-560-4427 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 Durham Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Durham Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 919-560-4427

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every 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 from all of the 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 Durham 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease 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 calling your inmate. 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 these cases, the facility 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 Durham Police Jail, click the link below.

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