Covington Police Jail

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The Covington Police Jail is located at 133 East Pleasant Avenue in Covington, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Covington Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything related to the Covington Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Covington Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Covington Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get info on anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Covington Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Covington Police Jail is made up of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the phone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate must determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Covington Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Covington Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the official Covington Police Jail at 901-476-0243 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Covington Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Covington Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally 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 the 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Covington Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Covington Police 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 Covington Police 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 Covington Police 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants online or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Covington Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Covington Police 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 Covington Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 901-476-0243 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 Covington Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Covington Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 901-476-0243

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Covington Police 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 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 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. In some cases, 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 or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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