Walnut Cove Police Jail

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The Walnut Cove Police Jail is located at 208 West 3Rd Street in Walnut Cove, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Walnut Cove Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything related to the Walnut Cove Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Walnut Cove Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and also any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Walnut Cove Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Walnut Cove Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can get info on anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Walnut Cove Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Walnut Cove Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

You must answer some basic questions, such as your full name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. It also will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Walnut Cove Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide information about each visitor to the Walnut Cove Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Walnut Cove Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 336-591-7121 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Walnut Cove Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Walnut Cove Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Walnut Cove Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Walnut Cove 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 Walnut Cove 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 Walnut Cove 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Stokes County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Stokes County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Walnut Cove Police Jail change frequently, so you should check the Walnut Cove Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Walnut Cove 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 Walnut Cove Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 336-591-7121 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 Walnut Cove Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items 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 Walnut Cove Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 336-591-7121

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. 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 Walnut Cove Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Walnut Cove Police Jail, click the link below.

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