Attala County Jail

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The Attala County Jail is located at 112 West Adams Street in Kosciusko, MS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Attala County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Attala County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Attala County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Attala County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Attala County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Attala County Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

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

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, it can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge must determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Attala County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Attala County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go into the visitors log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Attala County Jail change often, so it would be wise to call the official Attala County Jail at (662) 289-5556 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Attala County Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

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

No phones at Attala County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Attala County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Attala County 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 Attala County 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 Attala County 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can access court records online or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Attala County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Attala County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Attala County Jail change frequently, so double check the Attala County Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Attala County 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 Attala County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (662) 289-5556 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 Attala County Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use 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 inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Attala County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (662) 289-5556

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, 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 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 Attala County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 learning how to lower 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 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 Attala County Jail, click the link below.

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