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Cook County Jail Information

Address

Cook County Jail
1000 County Farm Road
Adel, GA 31620

Phone Number

Phone: (229) 896-7471

The Cook County Jail is located at 1000 County Farm Road in Adel, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Cook County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything related to the Cook County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Cook County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Cook County Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that has gone to jail and don’t know how to find out where they are? Do you know a family member or friend who has been arrested and you don’t know how to find out where they are?

In order to look up who is in jail at the Cook County Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cook County Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get information for anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their inmate information fast if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Cook County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Cook County Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Cook County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Cook County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Cook County Jail are always changing, so call the official Cook County Jail at (229) 896-7471 before you go to the jail to visit.

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

Before you can visit an inmate at the Cook County Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Cook County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

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

The mailing address for the Cook County Jail is:

Cook County Jail
1000 County Farm Road
Adel, GA 31620

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Cook County Jail
1000 County Farm Road
Adel, GA 31620

The mail policy at the Cook County Jail changes often, so it would be best to check the the Cook County Jail website before 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 Cook 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 Cook 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 check the court records on the website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be 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 jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Cook County Jail are always changing, so you should check the Cook County Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cook 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 Cook County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (229) 896-7471 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 Cook County Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Cook County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

The Cook County Jail phone number is: (229) 896-7471

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Cook 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 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 finding 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 jail or prison 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 Cook County Jail, click the link below.

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