Bolivar Police Jail

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The Bolivar Police Jail is located at 211 West Jackson Street in Bolivar, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bolivar Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Bolivar Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Bolivar Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Bolivar Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bolivar Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can also find information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Bolivar Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Bolivar Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a bond amount or if the magistrate must determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Bolivar Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Bolivar Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Bolivar Police Jail can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 731-658-5101 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Bolivar Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Bolivar Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Bolivar Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bolivar 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 Bolivar 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 Bolivar 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 check arrest warrants on the Hardeman County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Hardeman County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Bolivar Police Jail are always changing, so you should visit the Bolivar Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bolivar 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 Bolivar Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 731-658-5101 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 Bolivar Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including 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 Bolivar Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

The Bolivar Police Jail phone number is: 731-658-5101

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 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 Bolivar 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 finding out how to lower 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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