Rockwood Police Jail

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The Rockwood Police Jail is located at 115 North Front Avenue in Rockwood, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Rockwood Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Rockwood Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Rockwood Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask it, and any tips or comments that might help others will be welcome.

Rockwood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rockwood Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Rockwood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Rockwood Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Rockwood Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s full name to the Rockwood Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the log as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at 865-354-3388 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Rockwood Police Jail you have to first be added to their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Rockwood Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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, 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 Rockwood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rockwood 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 Rockwood 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 Rockwood 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Roane County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You can access court records online, or at the Roane County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to the Roane County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail change frequently, so it would be best to double check the Rockwood Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rockwood 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 Rockwood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 865-354-3388 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 Rockwood Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want 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 inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Rockwood Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

The Rockwood Police Jail phone number is: 865-354-3388

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Rockwood Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Rockwood Police Jail, click the link below.

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