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Lake City Police Jail Information

Address

Lake City Police Jail
104 Lawson Street
Lake City, TN 37769

Phone Number

Phone: 865-426-7403

The Lake City Police Jail is located at 104 Lawson Street in Lake City, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake City Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Lake City Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Lake City Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and also any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Lake City Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is incarcerated and don’t know how to find out where they are? Do you know someone that has been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

In order to see who is in jail at the Lake City Police Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake City Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info for anyone who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Lake City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Lake City Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, like your legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes between 10 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get let go. It also depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge has to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Lake City Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Lake City Police Jail in advance. This information will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Lake City Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at 865-426-7403 before you go.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Lake City Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Lake City Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Lake City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Lake City Police Jail:

Lake City Police Jail
104 Lawson Street
Lake City, TN 37769

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Lake City Police Jail
104 Lawson Street
Lake City, TN 37769

The inmate mail policy at the Lake City Police Jail is always changing, so be sure to review the official website before you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Lake 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 Lake 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the Anderson County court website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a docket and all documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Lake City Police Jail change frequently, so review the Lake City Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake 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 Lake City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 865-426-7403 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 inmateâ€™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 Lake City Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Lake City Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: 865-426-7403

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all inmate phone calls are split 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 Lake 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 factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly 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 these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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