Lincolnton Police Jail

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The Lincolnton Police Jail is located at 148 Ward Avenue in Lincolnton, GA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lincolnton Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything related to the Lincolnton Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Lincolnton Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Lincolnton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lincolnton Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people currently in custody, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find the same information for anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you enter their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Lincolnton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Lincolnton Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer a number of questions, like your legal name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take between 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. It also depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Lincolnton Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Lincolnton Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Lincolnton Police Jail are always changing, so you should call the facility at 706-359-4121 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Lincolnton Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Lincolnton Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons under 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a 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 Lincolnton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lincolnton 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 Lincolnton 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 Lincolnton 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Lincoln County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this 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 case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the Lincoln County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Lincoln County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Lincolnton Police Jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you check the Lincolnton Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lincolnton 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 Lincolnton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 706-359-4121 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 Lincolnton Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Lincolnton Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 706-359-4121

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Lincolnton Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore 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 can save you money.

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

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