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Wilkes County Jail Information

Address

Wilkes County Jail
225 Andrew Drive
Washington, GA 30673

Phone Number

Phone Number: (706) 678-2224

The Wilkes County Jail is located at 225 Andrew Drive in Washington, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Wilkes County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Wilkes County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Wilkes County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Wilkes County court records, and much much more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Wilkes County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend that is in jail and need to find out where they are? Do you know a family member or friend that has been arrested and you need to find them?

To see who is in jail at the Wilkes County Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wilkes County Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info for anyone booked or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information fast if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Wilkes County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Wilkes County Jail includes each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a phone call to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. It also depends on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Wilkes County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Wilkes County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put in a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the official Wilkes County Jail at (706) 678-2224 before you go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Wilkes County Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Wilkes County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually 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 under the age of 18 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 Wilkes County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wilkes 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.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Wilkes County Jail, use this address:

Wilkes County Jail
225 Andrew Drive
Washington, GA 30673

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Wilkes County Jail
225 Andrew Drive
Washington, GA 30673

The Wilkes County Jail mail policy is always changing, so it would be best to double check the official website before you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Wilkes 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 Wilkes 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, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Wilkes County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates change frequently, so be sure to double check the Wilkes County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wilkes 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 Wilkes County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (706) 678-2224 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 inmateâ€™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 Wilkes County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Wilkes County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should keep 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 privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Wilkes County Jail phone number is: (706) 678-2224

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 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 Wilkes County Jail. The rates 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 state prisons and local jails figuring 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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