Gallatin Police Jail

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The Gallatin Police Jail is located at 130 West Franklin Street in Gallatin, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Gallatin Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Gallatin Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and advice you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that could help others is much appreciated.

Gallatin Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gallatin Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including status, and times you can visit. You can get the same information on anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Gallatin Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Gallatin Police Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the phone in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process may take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be released. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Gallatin Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Gallatin Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 615-452-1313 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Gallatin Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take 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 at Gallatin Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Gallatin Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gallatin 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 Gallatin 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 Gallatin 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Sumner County jail website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Sumner County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your case. You can access court records online, or at the Sumner County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Gallatin Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you visit the Gallatin Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gallatin 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 Gallatin Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 615-452-1313 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 Gallatin Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Gallatin Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

The Gallatin Police Jail phone number is: 615-452-1313

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Gallatin Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 figuring out how to lower 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 inmate phone calls. 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 facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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