Atoka Police Jail

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The Atoka Police Jail is located at 334 Atoka Munford Avenue in Atoka, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Atoka Police Department.

This page tells you info about everything one might want to know about the Atoka Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Tipton County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Atoka Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Atoka Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who have been arrested, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find information about anyone booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Atoka Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Atoka Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes between 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Atoka Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Atoka Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Atoka Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 901-837-5302 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Atoka Police Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Atoka Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Atoka Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Atoka 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 Atoka 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 Atoka 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records online or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Tipton County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

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

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Atoka Police Jail is likely to change, so be sure to review the Atoka Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Atoka 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 Atoka Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 901-837-5302 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 Atoka Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 items 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

All phone calls from the Atoka Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls 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 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 calls could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 901-837-5302

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Atoka Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 keeps up to date 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 circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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