Barboursville Police Jail

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The Barboursville Police Jail is located at 721 Central Avenue in Barboursville, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Barboursville Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything related to the Barboursville Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Barboursville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Barboursville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Barboursville Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get the same information about anyone processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Barboursville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Barboursville Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process may take anywhere between 30 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it will depend on if you have a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Barboursville Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Barboursville Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in a log of visitors as an approved visitor. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at 304-736-5204 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Barboursville Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Barboursville Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Barboursville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Barboursville 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 Barboursville 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 Barboursville 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person 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 the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Cabell County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Barboursville Police Jail might change, so visit the Barboursville Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Barboursville 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 Barboursville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-736-5204 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 Barboursville Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Barboursville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or cut altogether.

The Barboursville Police Jail phone number is: 304-736-5204

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly 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 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 Barboursville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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