Martinsburg Police Jail

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The Martinsburg Police Jail is located at 232 North Queen Street in Martinsburg, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Martinsburg Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Martinsburg Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Martinsburg Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Martinsburg Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Martinsburg Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get information about anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information fast if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Martinsburg Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Martinsburg Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

You have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge needs to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Martinsburg Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Martinsburg Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Martinsburg Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so call the official Martinsburg Police Jail at 304-264-2100 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Martinsburg Police Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No phones are allowed at Martinsburg Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Martinsburg Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Martinsburg 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 Martinsburg 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 Martinsburg 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Berkeley County jail website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents filed in your case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the Berkeley County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Martinsburg Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so it would be best to review the Martinsburg Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Martinsburg 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 Martinsburg Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-264-2100 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 Martinsburg Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need 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 items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Martinsburg Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

The Martinsburg Police Jail phone number is: 304-264-2100

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Martinsburg 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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