Upson County Jail

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The Upson County Jail is located at 235 Aviation Drive in Thomaston, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Upson County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Upson County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it, and also any feedback or comments that might help others would be much appreciated.

Upson County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Upson County Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get info for anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information faster if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Upson County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. This process takes between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be freed. It also can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Upson County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Upson County Jail before you can visit. This information will go into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

The Upson County Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the facility at (706) 647-7411 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Upson County Jail you must first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Upson County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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, 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 magazines to an inmate at the Upson County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Upson 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 Upson 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 Upson 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 can find out by checking the court records on the Upson County court website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket and all documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the Upson County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Upson County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Upson County Jail change frequently, so double check the Upson County Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Upson 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 Upson County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (706) 647-7411 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 Upson County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Upson County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Upson County Jail phone number is: (706) 647-7411

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly 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 from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Upson County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 finding out how to lower 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 facility 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 Upson County Jail, click the link below.

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