Houston County Jail

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The Houston County Jail is located at 203 Perry Parkway in Perry, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Houston County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the Houston County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Houston County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Houston County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Houston County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information on anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information faster if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Houston County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Houston County Jail is made up of 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.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether you have a bond amount or if a judge still needs to figure out the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Houston County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Houston County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at (478) 218-4900 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No cellphones are allowed at Houston County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons 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 going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Houston County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Houston 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 Houston 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 Houston 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 an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the court records on the Houston County court website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Houston County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and any filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates is likely to change, so be sure to check the Houston County Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Houston 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 Houston County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (478) 218-4900 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 Houston County Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from 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 inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items 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 Houston County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Houston County Jail phone number is: (478) 218-4900

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Houston 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 figuring out 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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