Buncombe County Jail | Asheville, North Carolina

20 Davidson Dr
Asheville, NC 28801-3033

(828) 250-4550
(828) 250-6035
Buncombe County Jail
Captain Scott Allen
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1994
County Jail

Buncombe County Jail

Asheville is home to the Buncombe County Jail. This prison facility holds inmates sentenced in Asheville and Buncombe County Courts and courts of other cities in the Buncombe County area areas. In order to visit inmates at Buncombe County Jail, you'll be traveling to Asheville, NC, 28801-3033 in Buncombe. The address of this facility is listed as 20 Davidson Dr. But it's important that you verify that your inmate is at this location before making travel arrangements.

Inmates and their families require regular contact in order to stay close and connected. But Jails and Prisons often make contact with the outside difficult and costly. Some charge inmates long distance call charges of up to $14 a minute. Few families can afford to talk at those prices. Fortunately, setting up a local number that ring thru to a long distance phone enable inmates to talk at local phone rates to family and friends no matter where they live. To do this you'll need a Jail Call service provided by Globaltel at jail calls. You can also send mail to an inmate. Just click here: send postcards. Calling your inmate is the best way to get details about mail and visitation rules for Buncombe County Jail. They can provide you with their individual allowed prison call times and visitation hours and open days. Every prison facility in NC has its own rules. Your loved one will generally be informed of the rules for that facility and any individual restrictions applied.

Buncombe County Jail is a County Jail facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Buncombe County Jail will be treated. Prisons and jails today charge for everything. You can expect to pay for soap, toothpaste, phone calls and stamps, books and even paper are all provided for a fee that is often many times higher than the price paid in the free world. Setting up an economical phone service so you can communicate without long distance charges is the first step. Then you should ask your inmate what else they will need and how you can properly send it.

Buncombe County Jail is located in the EST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Buncombe County Jail warden is Captain Scott Allen. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Buncombe County Jail currently holds around 559 inmates. At full capacity Buncombe County Jail was built to hold 672. How crowded Buncombe County Jail is at any moment can significantly affect living conditions. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Buncombe County Jail by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Buncombe County Jail. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.
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