Decatur County Jail

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The Decatur County Jail is located at 912 Spring Creek Road in Bainbridge, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Decatur County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Decatur County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that might help others is appreciated.

Decatur County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Decatur County Jail Inmate List has information about people currently in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find info on anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Decatur County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Decatur County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take from 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Decatur County Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Decatur County Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate. All visitors will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Decatur County Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Decatur County Jail at (229) 248-3050 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Decatur County Jail you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Decatur County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Decatur County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Decatur 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 Decatur 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 Decatur 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Decatur County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file containing a docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Decatur County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Decatur County Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so we suggest that you check the Decatur County Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Decatur 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 Decatur County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (229) 248-3050 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 Decatur County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products 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 Decatur 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 much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Decatur County Jail phone number is: (229) 248-3050

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make are shared 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 Decatur County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 can be 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 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 has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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