Nashville Police Jail

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The Nashville Police Jail is located at 405 West Washington Avenue in Nashville, GA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Nashville Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Nashville Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Nashville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Nashville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Nashville Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info about anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Nashville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Nashville Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take from 30 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, it will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should plan to get discharged in the morning.

Nashville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Nashville Police Jail in advance. This information will be entered in the log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Nashville Police Jail change often, so you should call the official Nashville Police Jail at 229-686-7666 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Nashville Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

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

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 old and is not a family member of 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 Nashville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Nashville 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 Nashville 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 Nashville 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Berrien County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Nashville Police Jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you check the Nashville Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Nashville 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 Nashville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 229-686-7666 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 Nashville Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Nashville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Nashville Police Jail phone number is: 229-686-7666

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Nashville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails finding out 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 will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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