Wheeler County Jail

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The Wheeler County Jail is located at 100 Lakeview Drive in Alamo, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Wheeler County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything related to the Wheeler County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Wheeler County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Wheeler County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wheeler County Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info on anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information faster if you’ve got their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Wheeler County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Wheeler County Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you must answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you can get released from jail. It also can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Wheeler County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Wheeler County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor must provide identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Wheeler County Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Wheeler County Jail at (912) 568-7127 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Wheeler County Jail you have to be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 without it.

No phones at Wheeler County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 under the age of 18 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 Wheeler County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wheeler 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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Wheeler County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear 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 have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Wheeler County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Wheeler County Jail inmates can change at any time, so we suggest that you review the Wheeler County Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wheeler 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 Wheeler County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (912) 568-7127 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 Wheeler County Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Wheeler County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you 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 privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (912) 568-7127

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all 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 Wheeler County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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