Bedford County Jail

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The Bedford County Jail is located at 210 North Spring Street in Shelbyville, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Bedford County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Bedford County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Bedford County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any feedback or comments that might help others is appreciated.

Bedford County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bedford County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get the same information for anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their inmate information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Bedford County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Bedford County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You must answer some questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask 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 be taken from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. This process takes from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, expect to be released in the morning.

Bedford County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s full name to the Bedford County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go into the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the official Bedford County Jail at (931) 684-4566 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Bedford County Jail you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Bedford County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually 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 of age 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 Bedford County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bedford 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 Bedford 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 Bedford 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Bedford County jail website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Bedford County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Bedford County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail change frequently, so you should double check the Bedford County Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bedford 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 Bedford County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (931) 684-4566 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 Bedford County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from 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 inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Bedford County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or totally denied.

The Bedford County Jail phone number is: (931) 684-4566

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Bedford County 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 figuring 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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