Pulaski County Detention Center

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The Pulaski County Detention Center is located at 34 Bridge Boulevard in Hawkinsville, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Pulaski County Detention Center, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the info you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Pulaski County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Pulaski County Detention Center Inmate Lookup has information about people who are in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find information on anyone who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Pulaski County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Pulaski County Detention Center is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Pulaski County Detention Center Visitation

The inmate must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Pulaski County Detention Center before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Pulaski County Detention Center can change, so call the official Pulaski County Detention Center at (478) 783-4011 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Pulaski County Detention Center you must be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Pulaski County Detention Center, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such 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 a family member of 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 Pulaski County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Pulaski County Detention Center 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 Pulaski County Detention Center. 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 Pulaski County Detention Center 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants online or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Pulaski County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, 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 a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Pulaski County Detention Center are always changing, so it would be best to review the Pulaski County Detention Center site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Pulaski County Detention Center

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 Pulaski County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (478) 783-4011 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 Pulaski County Detention Center store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably 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 items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Pulaski County Detention Center inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Pulaski County Detention Center phone number is: (478) 783-4011

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Pulaski County Detention Center. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 learning how to lower 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Pulaski County Detention Center, click the link below.

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