Montgomery County Jail

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The Montgomery County Jail is located at 120 Commerce Street #208 in Clarksville, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Montgomery County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Montgomery County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Montgomery County court records, and much more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Montgomery County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Montgomery County Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people currently in custody, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info on anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Montgomery County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Montgomery County Jail is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You will have to answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be freed. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Montgomery County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Montgomery County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Montgomery County Jail change often, so you should call the facility at (931) 648-0611 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Montgomery County Jail you have to first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Montgomery County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually 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 under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Montgomery County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the 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 one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Montgomery County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and any filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, 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 funds to someone in jail could change, so be sure to check the Montgomery County Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Montgomery 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 Montgomery County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (931) 648-0611 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 Montgomery County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want 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 the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the Montgomery County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (931) 648-0611

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 these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Montgomery County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 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. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Montgomery County Jail, click the link below.

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