Dade County Jail

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The Dade County Jail is located at 75 Case Avenue in Trenton, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Dade County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Dade County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Dade County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dade County Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find info for anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find the information faster if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Dade County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Dade County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the telephone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. It also depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Dade County Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Dade County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put in a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the facility at (706) 657-3233 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Dade County Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Dade County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Dade County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dade 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 Dade 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 Dade 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records online or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and the information is available to anyone.

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 docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Dade County Jail inmates change frequently, so you should visit the Dade County Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dade 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 Dade County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (706) 657-3233 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 Dade County Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from 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 buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Dade County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically pricier 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 you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: (706) 657-3233

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all 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 Dade County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 keeps up to date 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 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 Dade County Jail, click the link below.

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