Turner County Jail

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The Turner County Jail is located at 1301 Industrial Drive in Ashburn, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Turner County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Turner County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others is welcome.

Turner County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Turner County Jail Inmate Roster has information about people currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can also get info for anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Turner County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Turner County Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer some simple questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged takes from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge must decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be released in the morning.

Turner County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Turner County Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go in the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Turner County Jail frequently change, so you should call the facility at (229) 567-2401 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Turner County Jail you must be on 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 visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Turner County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Turner County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Turner 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 Turner 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 Turner 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Turner County jail website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Turner County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to the Turner County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Turner County Jail inmates could change, so be sure to check the Turner County Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Turner 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 Turner County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (229) 567-2401 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 Turner County Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary 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

All phone calls from the Turner County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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, phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

The Turner County Jail phone number is: (229) 567-2401

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Turner 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 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out 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 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 these cases, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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