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Charlton County Jail Information

Address

Charlton County Jail
100 South Third Street
Folkston, GA 31537

Phone Number

Phone: (912) 496-7321

The Charlton County Jail is located at 100 South Third Street in Folkston, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Charlton County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Charlton County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Charlton County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Charlton County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend that is in jail and need to contact them? Do you know someone who has been arrested and you don’t know how to find out where they are?

To look up who’s in jail at the Charlton County Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Charlton County Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get information on anybody booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find the information faster if you have your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Charlton County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Charlton County Jail includes each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

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

They will let you use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the judge must determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Charlton County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list information about each visitor to the Charlton County Jail in advance. This information will be put into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at (912) 496-7321 before you try to go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Charlton County Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Charlton County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Charlton County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Charlton 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to an inmate at Charlton County Jail:

Charlton County Jail
100 South Third Street
Folkston, GA 31537

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Charlton County Jail
100 South Third Street
Folkston, GA 31537

The mail policy at the Charlton County Jail is always changing, so be sure to visit the site when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Charlton 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 Charlton 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, you can check arrest warrants on the Charlton County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Charlton County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates might change, so double check the Charlton County Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Charlton 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 Charlton County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (912) 496-7321 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 inmateâ€™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 Charlton County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, 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 money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Charlton County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

The Charlton County Jail phone number is: (912) 496-7321

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly 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 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 Charlton County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 these cases, the jail or prison 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 Charlton County Jail, click the link below.

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