Union City Police Jail

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The Union City Police Jail is located at 408 South Depot Street in Union City, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Union City Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Union City Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Union City Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Obion County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Union City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Union City Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get the same information on anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Union City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Union City Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a phone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get discharged. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Union City Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list information about each visitor to the Union City Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitors log for the inmate. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the official Union City Police Jail at 731-885-1515 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Union City Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Union City Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Union City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Union City Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Union City Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Union City Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Obion County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Obion County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Obion County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Union City Police Jail could change, so it would be best to check the Union City Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Union City Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Union City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 731-885-1515 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Union City Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

The only phone calls that Union City Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 731-885-1515

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Union City Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Union City Police Jail, click the link below.

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