Poulan Police Jail

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The Poulan Police Jail is located at 204 Hunton Street Southwest in Poulan, GA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Poulan Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Poulan Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Poulan Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Poulan Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Poulan Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get the same information on anyone who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Poulan Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Poulan Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

First you will have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to use the telephone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get released. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge must determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Poulan Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Poulan Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Poulan Police Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 229-776-4097 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Poulan Police Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Poulan Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Poulan Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Poulan 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 Poulan 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 Poulan 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Worth County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the Worth County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Worth County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail change frequently, so it would be best to double check the Poulan Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Poulan 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 Poulan Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 229-776-4097 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 Poulan Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from 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 purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Poulan Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must 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 ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Poulan Police Jail phone number is: 229-776-4097

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Poulan Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails 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 cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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