The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office has contracted with GTL for the inmate phone system. This system monitors and records inmate phone calls. The Sheriff’s Office requires Attorneys to file a request form listing attorney phone numbers that will receive phone calls from inmates. These numbers will be automatically excluded by the phone computer from monitoring or recording.
ALL IN-COMING AND OUT-GOING PHONES ARE SUBJECT TO MONITORING AND ARE ARCHIVED FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE REFERENCE.
Residents will receive one (1) FREE 5-minute phone call a week. This is a permanent program.
Residents have the ability to make collect telephone calls from their living area. If a resident is attempting to contact you, a recorded message will inform you that the call is from a resident at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center.
During the recorded message, you will receive options to accept the call, refuse the call, be informed of the applied calling charges, or “block future calls” to your telephone number.
A citizen, who chooses the “block future calls” option, is provided with GTL’s toll-free Customer Support number. This number is also published on GTL’s Web site and on telephone bills that include resident calls. You will not be charged for the call unless you accept the call through keying in the appropriate option. The maximum length of the call is 20-minutes.
A recorded message will alert you when the call has reached 19 minutes and there is only one-minute remaining. All calls are subject to monitoring and recording. If you are having difficulties receiving calls from a resident at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center, your telephone number may be blocked by either Global Tel*Link, or your local telephone service provider.
To resolve any problems with receiving calls, you should first contact Global Tel*Link, at 1-866-230-7761 or 877-650-4249. Customer Service Hours of Operation are 24/7.
GTL can verify why the block was placed on your telephone number and can assist you in the process to unblock your telephone number. In some cases, they may instruct you to contact your local telephone company, whom in some cases can institute a collect call block on your telephone number.
ADVANCEPAY® PREPAID TELEPHONE ACCOUNTS
To accept calls from a resident at this facility, we recommend you create an AdvancePay® prepaid telephone account. Prepaid calling works by placing money on your phone number so that when your resident calls you the funds are deducted from the balance on your prepaid account.
To set up or fund a prepaid account, you have two options:
WEB
Visit ConnectNetwork.com to create a prepaid telephone account, add funds to prepaid telephone accounts, view balances, and more.
PHONE
Call 1-800-483-8314 to create or add funds to an AdvancePay® prepaid telephone account.
ALL IN-COMING AND OUT-GOING MESSAGES ARE SUBJECT TO MONITORING AND ARE ARCHIVED FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE REFERENCE. AT PRESENT TIME, GTL’S PLATFORM HAS NO MECHANISM TO DISTINGUISH ATTORNEY-CLIENT E-MESSAGES.
E-MESSAGING
The e-messaging service is available at this facility. To use the email service, you will need to visit Gettingout.com and create an account. Once you have created an account you can then deposit funds into both the “Resident’s account” and/or your “Family & Friend account.” Once funds are added, family and friends can start communicating with residents. These funds do not include making telephone calls. Family and Friends will need to go to ConnectNetwork.com to fund a resident’s phone account.
**Please note- fees may apply to all deposit methods. Specific terms are provided when making a deposit.
IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL VISITATION
All professional visitors must be at least 18 years of age for regular/non-contact professional visits and at least 21 years of age for professional contact visits unless at least 18 years old and accompanied by a supervising attorney/LEO for the entire visit.
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ATTORNEY CONTACT VISITS must be scheduled per instructions using the MCSO contact visit form no less than 24 hours in advance.
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To ensure attorney-client phone calls are not monitored or recorded, please fill out the request form and fax it to 980-314-5237 (Attention: Admin- Tanya Brown).
Confidential video visits with in-custody clients are facilitated through JURISLINK, Inc. With JURISLINK, attorneys are able to share their computer screens and review discovery documents and videos with sound in real time with their clients. They are also be able to fill out forms and submit them for signature by their clients during video visits. Attorneys must pre-register for JURISLINK, through its website: www.jurislink.com. Scheduling and payment for the JURISLINK system is managed by JURISLINK directly. MCSO neither charges nor receives any income for this service.
**SCAM ALERT**:
If you receive a call/message from 704-445-9833 stating "You have reached the Warrants/Citation Division of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Department" it is a #scam and not from MCSO.
MCSO and local criminal justice partners have worked with the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts to prepare for the state’s launch of its new electronic warrant system. The NCAOC has encountered challenges with its new system that have impacted local justice systems, processes and access to data. MCSO is continuously working with County IT to circumvent these challenges. All arrest/warrant inquiries can be submitted to the Public Information Office mcsopublicinformation@mecknc.gov and will be processed as soon as data is available or Individuals can call Arrest Processing to look up and verify warrants until the online system is restored, 980-314-5100. We appreciate your patience as we work to modernize and expand access to justice in Mecklenburg County.
On September 19, 2022, the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) adopted a new policy to end regulatory stops for non-moving violations in its most recent amendment to the MCSO Uniform Traffic Enforcement Policy. In collaboration with North Carolina Forward Justice the policy change serves to focus more on hazardous traffic violations and move away from regulatory offenses that have been shown to create disparities and disproportionality in our criminal justice system.
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Our office has received several complaints from Mecklenburg County registered sex offenders asking them to submit payment to avoid being arrested for failure to provide a DNA sample. Our agency will never ask for money to avoid a warrant being issued or for an arrest of any offender. If you receive a call from anyone requesting money, please know this is a scam and you should not submit any payment.
SCAM ALERT: We have have received information that individuals identifying themselves as MCSO Deputies are calling citizens and informing them that have warrants for missing jury duty. These calls have come from numbers 704-247-1286 and 404-907-1935. Please be advised that this is a SCAM. MCSO will never call and solicit money in order to avoid arrest. Please stay aware and don’t become a victim.