Lanier County Jail

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The Lanier County Jail is located at 100 Main Street in Lakeland, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lanier County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Lanier County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Lanier County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and also any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Lanier County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lanier County Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who are in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info about anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Lanier County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Lanier County Jail takes you through each 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.

First, you have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be released. It also depends on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to determine how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Lanier County Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Lanier County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the facility at (229) 482-3545 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Lanier County Jail you must have your name on the inmate’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.

No phones at Lanier County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Lanier County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lanier 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 Lanier 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 Lanier 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Lanier County court website or you can call the jail 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. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Lanier County Jail might change, so review the Lanier County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lanier 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 Lanier County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (229) 482-3545 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 Lanier County Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Lanier County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (229) 482-3545

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Lanier County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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