Marion County Jail

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The Marion County Jail is located at 100 Burkhalter Avenue in Buena Vista, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Marion County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything related to the Marion County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others is welcome.

Marion County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Marion County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information fast if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Marion County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a phone call in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes from 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Marion County Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Marion County Jail before you can visit. This information will go in a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. All visitors is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Marion County Jail visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the official Marion County Jail at (229) 649-3841 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Marion County Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Marion County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Marion County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Marion 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 Marion 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 Marion 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear 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 name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Marion County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Marion County Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you double check the Marion County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Marion 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 Marion County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (229) 649-3841 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 Marion County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from 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 products that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Marion 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 outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone calls may be limited or cut altogether.

The Marion County Jail phone number is: (229) 649-3841

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Marion 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 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 is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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