Buncombe County Detention Facility
All individuals who are charged by local law enforcement agencies in Buncombe County are brought to the detention facility on a pre-trial basis, meaning they will wait for their court date(s) at our facility. Inmates are processed and released 24-hours a day upon instruction of the judicial system.
Major Jill Banks is our Detention Facility Administrator. Captain Jeffrey Littrell and Captain Vivian Bacote along with two Executive Lieutenants, four Shift Lieutenants, and 18 Sergeants help to maintain a standard of safety and cleanliness at the Buncombe County Detention Facility.
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Effective immediately, the Buncombe County Detention Center will no longer accept any books or packages from Amazon.
Family and Friends can still order and send books to detainees housed in the facility by ordering directly from the publisher or approved vendors, such as https://sureshotbooks.com/.
Packages must be shipped via USPS, FedEx, or UPS only to be accepted.
- Any mail or contents of mail that are deemed unacceptable will be returned to the sender.
- Packages will be rejected if they do not comply with the Detainee Handbook and Facility Policies and Procedures. Detainees will be provided with written notification of why something was rejected.
- Only softcover books will be accepted.
- All books and magazines being sent to the facility must be new.
- Any book or magazine that contains sexually explicit material, gang-related content, or instructions for illegal activities (e.g., drug manufacturing, weapon making) will be rejected.
- Detainees may request up to two magazine subscriptions and may only possess two magazines in their cells at a time. They must return a magazine to receive another. Detainees tearing pictures out of magazines or using them for unintended purposes may have this privilege revoked and face disciplinary action.
- Detainees may have a newspaper subscription but may only possess one newspaper at a time. The old one must be returned before receiving a new one. Sharing or misuse will result in the subscription being revoked.
- Only books and magazines mailed correctly will be accepted. All other packages will be rejected.
- The facility will only accept 6 books at a time per detainee. If the detainee already has six, future books may be rejected.
- Detainees have the option to donate books back to the facility, have family or friends pick them up, or pay to have them shipped.
- Detainees must follow the proper procedure for exchanging books to receive new ones. Failure to do so may result in not receiving new books.
- Detainees who possess more books or magazines than the facility allows will have 14 days from the time of notification to donate, arrange pickup, or ship them. After 14 days, the detainee will be notified that remaining items will be discarded.
Visitation Rules
You may set up a iWebVisit account here: Visit www.iwebvisit.com
Inmate receive mail through TextBehind. TextBehind does not charge the sender any cost for processing physical letters on behalf of the correctional facility.
To send physical letters, you must address your letters as follows:
Please note that the sender’s full name (First and Last) and complete address are required.
Inmate’s Full Name – Inmate’s ID Number
Correctional Institution’s Complete Name, STATE [DO NOT Abbreviate]
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131
Visitors must have valid state or federal ID card or driver's license. All identification must contain bearer's photograph.
Minors fifteen (15) years old, or younger, do not need identification when a parent or legal guardian accompanies them.
Adults sixteen (16) years old, or older, must have proper identification to visit.
Children may not be left unattended at any time.
No purses, female wallets, bags, pocket knives, weapons, cellular phones, radios, cameras, pens, pencils, paper, tobacco items, matches, lighters, pictures, nail clippers, nail files, sharp items, or recording devices of any kind are allowed.
No items may be left unattended in the lobby area.
A visit may consist of one adult and one child.
Inappropriate behavior including but not limited to abusive language or use of obscenities will immediately end your visit.
You and the inmate must remain fully clothed at all times.
Phone Calls
Inmates may use the phones to make calls during any free time for the housing unit they are assigned. The calls are not collect. You must have an account set up for your phone or have funds deposited for the inmate to use for phone calls. Purchase phone time online by visiting https://www.paytel.com