The booking process at the Charleston City Jail includes the booking officer capturing the offender's vital details and adding it to the Charleston City Jail's inmate database. The information in the Charleston City Jail's inmate database constitutes the arrestee's full names and aliases, mugshots, current address, fingerprints, and nature of the crime committed. 

The Kanawha County County Sheriff's Department has an inmate information center that includes an elaborate online inmate search portal. Here, anyone can search for an inmate held at the Charleston City Jail. Use the inmate's first name, last name, middle name, and date of birth to generate the following inmate search results: -

• The Charleston Police Department Jail
• booking Number
• Last Name
• Middle Name
• Sex
• Race
• Date of Birth
• Age

Anyone wishing to send a mail or package to an inmate held at the Charleston Police Department Jail should wait until they get transferred to the Kanawha County county jail. For more guidelines about sending a mail, contact the Charleston Police Department Jail at 304-348-6400 .

Arrestees at the Charleston Police Department Jail may not need any funds due to their short stay incarceration at the Charleston Police Department Jail. Anyone wishing to send funds to the inmates at Charleston Police Department Jail should wait until they are transferred to the Kanawha County county jail. 

During the booking process at the Charleston Police Department Jail, the inmates are free to make 4 calls to their friends and family members to let them know about their arrest. Inmates at Charleston Police Department Jail can receive calls from the inmate any day between 7 am and 6 pm for up to 27 minutes. 

Inmates held at the Charleston Police Department Jail spend a few hours or days before transferring to the Kanawha County county jails. Anyone planning to visit an inmate at the Charleston Police Department Jail should wait after the transfer and then book a visit using the Online Visitation Scheduling System. Or, call the Charleston Police Department at 304-348-6400 on weekdays between 9 am and 2 pm.

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