Fannin County Deputies

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The Fannin County Deputies is located at 282 West Main Street in Blue Ridge, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Fannin County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Fannin County Deputies, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Fannin County Deputies Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fannin County Deputies Inmate Locator has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find information for anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their inmate information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Fannin County Deputies Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Fannin County Deputies takes you through the following steps:

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

You will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take from 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Fannin County Deputies Visitation

The inmate need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Fannin County Deputies before you can visit. This information will be entered in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Fannin County Deputies visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at (706) 632-2044 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Fannin County Deputies you must first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take 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 cellphones are allowed at Fannin County Deputies, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 Fannin County Deputies. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fannin County Deputies 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 Fannin County Deputies. 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 Fannin County Deputies 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Fannin County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to the Fannin County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Fannin County Deputies is likely to change, so be sure to double check the Fannin County Deputies site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fannin County Deputies

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 Fannin County Deputies uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (706) 632-2044 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 Fannin County Deputies store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, 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 products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Fannin County Deputies are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

The Fannin County Deputies phone number is: (706) 632-2044

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money 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 Fannin County Deputies. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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