Hardeman County Jail

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The Hardeman County Jail is located at 2520 Union Spring Road in Whiteville, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Hardeman County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Hardeman County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Hardeman County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Hardeman County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hardeman County Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can get the same information for anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate their inmate information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Hardeman County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Hardeman County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will have to answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be freed. It also depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Hardeman County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Hardeman County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors for the inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Hardeman County Jail at (731) 254-6000 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Hardeman County Jail you have to first be on their 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 mobile phones at Hardeman County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Hardeman County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hardeman 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 Hardeman 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 Hardeman 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Hardeman County jail website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding 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, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible 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 court docket and any filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so visit the Hardeman County Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hardeman 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 Hardeman County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (731) 254-6000 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 Hardeman County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need 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 inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Hardeman County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep 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 eliminated completely.

The Hardeman County Jail phone number is: (731) 254-6000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Hardeman County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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