Stanly County NC Detention Center

You can support your loved ones at Stanly Co Jail on InmateAid, if you have any immediate questions contact the facility directly at 704-986-3734.

When someone you care about gets locked up, it's tough to figure out all the ins and outs of jail life. From sending mail to visiting, there are a lot of things to sort out. And getting info about the arrest? Not always easy. That's where this webpage comes in handy. It's here to help you get a handle on how things work at Stanly County NC Detention Center so you can stay connected and support your loved one behind bars.

The Stanly Co Jail is a detention center located at 223 S 2nd St Albemarle, NC which is operated locally by the Stanly County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Stanly County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, Albemarle Police Department, and the US Marshal's Service.

New detainees arrive at the jail regularly, with some being released on bail, placed under pretrial services caseloads, supervised by probation agencies, or released on recognizance with a court appearance agreement. Those who are not released await their court appearances at the jail, receiving accommodations including bedding and meals. You can see all the arrest records for North Carolina here.

The Detention Center is modular in design, which will allow the facility to be further expanded as the population of Stanly County continues to grow. It consists of several administrative offices, a public lobby and visitation, Booking and Releasing areas, a Medical Station, and 5 Inmate Housing Blocks.

Inmate Care Packages - Inmates at the Detention Center are not allowed to receive care packages from the public. Inmates on a writ from another county cannot receive care packages nor have money placed on their Inmate Account. Everything listed below may be purchased by inmates through the Inmate Commissary if they have funds available in their Inmate Account. Or you may visit Jailatm.com to order items for an inmate or deposit money.

Allowed Items

• Three (3) Pairs of White Socks
• Three (3) White Underwear
• Three (3) White Wireless Bras
• One (1) White or Off-White Thermal Shirt, and one white t-shirt.
• Three (3) Paperback books to include a Bible and religious materials. All books will be donated to the Inmate Library at the Detention Center after the inmate has finished reading them. All books must be ordered directly from the publisher and mailed to the Detention Center.
• One (1) Deck of Playing Cards
• Fifteen (15) Sheets of White Paper (notebook paper acceptable)
• Fifteen (15) White Envelopes (no security envelopes)
• No Pictures allowed (Pictures are sent through Jail ATM)

Inmate Property - Inmates are allowed to possess the following items:

• County-Issued Property: Authorized medication, one property bag, one mattress, one blanket, two sheets, two bath towels, one inmate uniform, one set of footwear.
• Personal Items: (3) pair of white underwear/white bra (no underwire), (3) pairs of white socks, (15) envelopes and (15) sheets of writing paper, (2) paperback book, (1) paperback Bible, a total of (3) paperback books.

Inmate Handbook - Every inmate at our facility is provided with an Inmate Handbook via the Kiosk to assist them in adjusting to confinement at the Stanly County Detention Center. The information and procedures described in this Inmate Handbook apply to all inmates and detainees, regardless of their length of stay or the reason for their incarceration. The Inmate Handbook is available down below.

Inmates assigned to the general population cell blocks are allowed access to telephones each day. The inmate telephone system is programmed for outgoing collect and debit calls only and are provided through NCIC Inmate Communications. account.ncic.com. The party accepting the collect call will be required to set up an account and will be billed accordingly. In addition to collect calls, inmates may transfer money from their Commissary account to purchase phone time.

After the initial phase of the inmate booking procedure, each inmate is afforded the opportunity to make a free telephone call. The party receiving this free call still has the opportunity to accept or deny the telephone call.

Telephone Policy

• Inmates are not permitted to receive telephone calls.
• All telephone calls are limited to fifteen minutes.
• Three-way telephone calling is strictly prohibited.
• Detention Staff cannot pass notes or deliver any messages to inmates.

Telephone Availability - All inmate telephones within the cell blocks will be turned on at 8:00 a.m. and turned off at 5:00 p.m. Telephones will also be turned off during meals, shift changes and any other time deemed necessary by the Stanly County Detention Center in order to maintain the safety and security of the facility.

Under certain circumstances, inmates may be denied access to telephones. These circumstances include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Inmates housed in Disciplinary Segregation
• Inmates placed on Closed Custody

If an inmate needs to be contacted in the event of an emergency, please contact the Stanly County Detention Center Booking Desk at (704) 986-3858.

Blocking Inmate Calls - To stop an inmate from calling, please call the Detention Center Administrator (704) 986-3735 and advise you would like your phone number blocked. You may also choose not to accept a call that is placed to you on a one-time-basis by selecting the appropriate selection once you hear the initial message when an inmate calls.

If you have questions regarding the inmate telephone service (telephone call charges) or you experience problems receiving calls from the Detention Center, please call NCIC Communications at 800- 943-2189, 24 hours a day www.ncic.com

Inmate Postal Mail

Inmates may use the U.S. Postal Service to send and receive correspondence. Writing materials, cards and stamps are available to inmates through the Commissary Service. Paper, stamps, envelopes and postcards cannot be mailed to inmates for use in their correspondence. Indigent inmates are provided writing materials and envelopes to mail two personal letters per week.

Inmate mail is distributed Monday through Friday within 24 hours of being received from the U.S. Post Office, except during weekends and holidays.

Sending Inmate Mail

Incoming mail must have the full name and address of the sender clearly written on the outside of the envelope. Incoming mail must be addressed to the full name of the inmate (the name and spelling under which they were booked in). Any mail not meeting these requirements will not be accepted. To expedite delivery to the inmate, all inmate mail sent to the Stanly County Detention Center should be addressed using the following example:

All correspondence, with the exception of legal mail, will be opened and scanned for contraband prior to distribution. Legal mail is correspondence or legal materials coming from an attorney and must be clearly marked “Attorney/Client Mail” or “Legal Mail”. Any legal mail received will be opened and inspected in the presence of the inmate. No inmate-to-inmate mail is allowed, either directly or by a third party without prior approval by the Jail Administrator.

Allowed & Prohibited Items - When sending letters or cards to an inmate at the Stanly County Detention Center, certain rules and guidelines apply to ensure the safety and security of the inmates and the facility.

Allowed Items:

• Envelopes no larger than a No. 10 business envelope, unless it is legal mail from an attorney.
• Cards or paper no larger than 8 1/2″ x 11″.
• One store-bought or homemade greeting card no larger than 5″ x 8″.
• Up to ten pages of handwritten or typed person-to-person correspondence.
• One piece of paper which has been reproduced or copied from a mass-produced item such as a book or from the Internet.

Prohibited Items:

• No cash, checks.
• No personal property will be accepted.
• Cannot contain stationery, postage stamps or envelopes.
• No greeting cards with foil, glue, felt, glitter, music, etc.
• No stickers or gloss paper, laminated products, crayon or lipstick.
• No staples, paperclips or any metal object.
• No cutouts from magazines.
• No photographs or drawings.

Any mail received not meeting all of the guidelines listed above, or that contains prohibited items, will be returned in its entirety to the sender. If any illegal substances are found, the correspondence will be turned over to the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office for further investigation which may result in criminal prosecution.