Bennettsville Police Jail

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The Bennettsville Police Jail is located at 243 East Main Street in Bennettsville, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bennettsville Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Bennettsville Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Bennettsville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Marlboro County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and tips that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Bennettsville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bennettsville Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info for anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Bennettsville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Bennettsville Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some simple questions, such as your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Bennettsville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Bennettsville Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Bennettsville Police Jail can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 843-479-3620 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Bennettsville Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Bennettsville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer 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 will have to 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 old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Bennettsville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bennettsville 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 Bennettsville 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 Bennettsville 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 check arrest warrants inquiry on the Marlboro County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. 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, and their arrest date, contact the Marlboro County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the Marlboro County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions 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, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so it would be best to visit the Bennettsville Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bennettsville 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 Bennettsville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 843-479-3620 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 Bennettsville Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember 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 products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Bennettsville Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 843-479-3620

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 profits from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Bennettsville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases 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 will be able to save you money.

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

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