Johnsonville Police Jail

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The Johnsonville Police Jail is located at 146 East Broadway Street in Johnsonville, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Johnsonville Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Johnsonville Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Johnsonville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that could help others would be much appreciated.

Johnsonville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Johnsonville Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find information on anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Johnsonville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Johnsonville Police Jail takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some basic questions, like your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get released. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to get released that morning.

Johnsonville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Johnsonville Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered in the log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 843-386-3500 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Johnsonville Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Johnsonville Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Johnsonville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Johnsonville 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 Johnsonville 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 Johnsonville 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the court records on the Florence County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a court docket and all filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail are always changing, so it would be best to double check the Johnsonville Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Johnsonville 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 Johnsonville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 843-386-3500 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 Johnsonville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money 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

The only phone calls that Johnsonville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or forbidden.

The Johnsonville Police Jail phone number is: 843-386-3500

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 profits off of all of the 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 Johnsonville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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. 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 jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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