Cornelia Police Jail

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The Cornelia Police Jail is located at 163 Larkin Street in Cornelia, GA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cornelia Police Department.

This guide tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Cornelia Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Cornelia Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that could help others is welcome.

Cornelia Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cornelia Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find information for anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get the information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Cornelia Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Cornelia Police Jail is made up of each of 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 must answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it can depend on whether you have a bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Cornelia Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s name to the Cornelia Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go in the visitation log as an approved visitor. All visitors is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 706-778-4314 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Cornelia Police Jail you have to first be on this person’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 Cornelia Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 a family member of 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 Cornelia Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cornelia 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 Cornelia 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 Cornelia 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Habersham County court website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Cornelia Police Jail change frequently, so double check the Cornelia Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cornelia 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 Cornelia Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 706-778-4314 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 Cornelia Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Cornelia Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates 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 rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: 706-778-4314

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Cornelia Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease 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. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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