Andersonville Police Jail

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The Andersonville Police Jail is located at 9 West Circle Road in Andersonville, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Norris Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything related to the Andersonville Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Andersonville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Anderson County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Andersonville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Andersonville Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can also find info for anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find the information quicker if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Andersonville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Andersonville Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological 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 will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Andersonville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Andersonville Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Andersonville Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 865-494-0880 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Andersonville Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Andersonville Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Andersonville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Andersonville 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 Andersonville 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 Andersonville 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Anderson County court website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to the Anderson County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so review the Andersonville Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Andersonville 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 Andersonville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 865-494-0880 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 Andersonville Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Andersonville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more costly 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 lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 865-494-0880

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Andersonville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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