Knoxville Police Jail

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The Knoxville Police Jail is located at 800 Howard Baker Junior Avenue in Knoxville, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Knoxville Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Knoxville Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and advice that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Knoxville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Knoxville Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people currently in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information for anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you enter their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Knoxville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Knoxville Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged takes from 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. It also will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Knoxville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Knoxville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Knoxville Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the official Knoxville Police Jail at 865-215-7256 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Knoxville Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Knoxville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain 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 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 the 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 Knoxville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Knoxville 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 Knoxville 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 Knoxville 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Knox County jail website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Knoxville Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so check the Knoxville Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Knoxville 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 Knoxville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 865-215-7256 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 Knoxville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Knoxville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Knoxville Police Jail phone number is: 865-215-7256

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all 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 Knoxville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Knoxville Police Jail, click the link below.

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