Walthall County Jail

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The Walthall County Jail is located at 807 Magnolia Avenue in Tylertown, MS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Walthall County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Walthall County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Walthall County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Walthall County Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find the same information about anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Walthall County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Walthall County Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer some questions, such as what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you make a telephone call to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. It also might depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Walthall County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Walthall County Jail in advance. This information will go into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor must provide identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Walthall County Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the jail at (601) 876-6796 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Walthall County Jail you must have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Walthall County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must 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, 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Walthall County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Walthall 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 Walthall 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 Walthall 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check court records online or you are able to call the jail. 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. Keep in mind 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 a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the Walthall County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to the Walthall County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates might change, so it would be best to double check the Walthall County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Walthall 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 Walthall County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (601) 876-6796 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 Walthall County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably 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 products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Walthall County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Walthall County Jail phone number is: (601) 876-6796

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all 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 Walthall 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 a lot of money 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 in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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