Decatur County Jail

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The Decatur County Jail is located at 38 North East Street in Decaturville, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Decatur County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Decatur County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Decatur County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you info you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Decatur County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Decatur County Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information fast if you have their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Decatur County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, like your full name, street address, birth date and a contact person, 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 be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Decatur County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Decatur County Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the official Decatur County Jail at (731) 852-3703 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Decatur County Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make 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.

No cellphones are allowed at Decatur County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Decatur County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Decatur County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Decatur County Jail could change, so be sure to check the Decatur County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

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 (731) 852-3703 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. Inmates can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Decatur County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much pricier 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 lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (731) 852-3703

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 prices 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 learning 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 a lot of money 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 facility has set their calling prices so high 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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