828-438-5472, 828-438-5484
Facility Name: | Burke-Catawba District Confinement Facility |
Facility Type: | County Jail |
Address: | 148 Government Drive, Morganton, NC, 28655 |
Phone: | 828-438-5472, 828-438-5484 |
Telephone Carrier: | Pay Tel |
Email: | [email protected] |
Capacity: | 176 |
Facility Type: | Adult |
Security Level: | Medium |
City: | Morganton |
Postal Code: | 28655 |
State: | North Carolina |
County: | Burke County |
Sheriff: | Steve E. Whisenant |
Address: | 150 Government Drive, Morganton, North Carolina, 28655 |
Phone: | 828-438-5500 |
Fax: | 828-438-5469 |
Email: | [email protected] |
Website: | http://www.burkesheriff.org/ |
Burke-Catawba District Confinement Facility inmate locator: Booking Date, Booking Time, Appeals Court, Who’s in jail, Bookings, Information Recorded, Warrant #, Arrests, Disposition, Sex, Probation Sentences, Inmate List, Case Description, Mugshots, Degree Level, Release Date, Bond, Age, Charges.
The Burke-Catawba District Confinement Facility is in Morganton, North Carolina. The jails mission is to serve the public with care and compassion. They also make it their job to make sure that inmates are treated with respect and treated fairly, while keeping a safe, secure, and humane environment for everyone involved.
The jail does not only deal with current inmates, but they also make it their mission to support prior inmates when they go back into society by providing them a lot of programs that will help them keep a positive attitude and make sure they change their behaviors.
The jail can hold up to 176 inmates. The jail has employees in health services, main jail, work & release programs, booking & transportation, training, and citizen liaison, central support services, contract services divisions, and professional standards and accreditation.
You can do an inmate look up at the Burke-Catawba District Confinement Facility viewing their official website. You can search for inmates by their first and last name or their booking date.
You will find their name, date of birth, age when they got brought in, and what they got brought in for.
Inmates can receive letters in the mail. You will need to address the envelope as follows:
Inmates full name and housing assignment
148 Government Drive, Morganton, NC, 28655
Writing materials can be purchased from the commissary. Inmates cannot communicate with other inmates in any other Burke County facilities.
Any family and friends that want to write to write to the inmate must be put on the Request/Refusal Form for the staff to approve.
All incoming mail is subjected to being inspected by a jail staff. Outgoing mail will be checked to make sure the communication is not presenting any danger, escape plans, or extortion.
You can send money to help fund inmates a few different ways.
You can put money in your inmate’s accounts in person. You can deposit cash into the kiosks available in the video visitation center and the main jail lobby in Burke-Catawba District Confinement Facility. The video visitation center is open from 8:30am to 8:30 pm. The main jail lobby is open from 7am to 11pm.
You can fund your inmates account in Burke-Catawba District Confinement Facility online. You will have to create a TouchPay account. There is a fee that incurred with using this service.
When sending money orders in the mail, you need to make it payable to the inmate using their first and last name. You will send the money order to the following address:
Inmate Accounts
148 Government Drive, Morganton, NC, 28655
Visitation must be scheduled through the Burke-Catawba District Confinement Facility’s website. Visitation can be scheduled no more than 7 days ahead of time. Visits that are canceled with less than 24 hours to the appointment will still count as a visit.
Both inmates and visitors are required to adhere to all visitation rules. If rules are broken, that could lead to termination of the visit or loss of visitation privileges.
Inmates in Burke-Catawba District Confinement Facility can have 3 forty-minute long visitation sessions a week. These sessions can include 2 adults.
Monday | 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
Tuesday | 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
Wednesday | 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
Thursday | 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
Friday | 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
Saturday | 7:30 Am to 2:30 PM |
Sunday | 7:30 Am to 2:30 PM |
Holiday |
The visiting starts in first in, first out type of fashion. No new visitors will be allowed in 45 minutes before the end of the visit day. 45 minutes before the end of the visit day officers start escorting those who were first in out of the visitor room.
Total Jail Admissions | 371 |
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Total Jail Population | 176 |
Female Jail Population | 39 |
Male Jail Population | 111 |
Asian Jail Population | 3 |
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Black Jail Population | 31 |
Latino Jail Population | 2 |
Native Jail Population | 1 |
White Jail Population | 114 |
Pretrial Jail Population | 135 |
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Female Pretrial Jail Population | 15 |
Male Pretrial Jail Population | 101 |
Jail Population Held for State Prison | 1 |
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Jail Population Held for Out-of-State Prison | 1 |
Jail Population Held for State Jail | 1 |
Jail Population Held for Out-of-State Jail | - |
Jail Population Held for Federal Agencies | 18 |
Jail Population Held for ICE | - |
Total Prison Admissions | 173 |
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Female Prison Admissions | 28 |
Male Prison Admissions | 145 |
Asian Prison Admissions | - |
Black Prison Admissions | 34 |
Latino Prison Admissions | - |
Native Prison Admissions | - |
White Prison Admissions | 134 |
Other Prison Admissions | 5 |
Total Prison Population | 326 |
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Female Prison Population | 26 |
Male Prison Population | 300 |
Asian Prison Population | 5 |
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Black Prison Population | 59 |
Latino Prison Population | 13 |
Native Prison Population | - |
White Prison Population | 249 |
Other Prison Population | - |
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