Cobb County Jail

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The Cobb County Jail is located at 1825 County Services Parkway in Marietta, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Cobb County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Cobb County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Cobb County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cobb County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info on anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Cobb County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Cobb County Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes from 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, you should plan to get released that morning.

Cobb County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Cobb County Jail before you can visit. This information will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the facility at (770) 499-4255 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Cobb County Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No phones at Cobb County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If the 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 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 Cobb County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cobb 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 Cobb 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 Cobb 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 are able to check the arrest warrants online or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Cobb County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail could change, so you should check the Cobb County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cobb 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 Cobb County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (770) 499-4255 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 Cobb County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Cobb County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Cobb County Jail phone number is: (770) 499-4255

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Cobb County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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