Sewanee Police Jail

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The Sewanee Police Jail is located at 111 Alabama Avenue in Sewanee, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sewanee Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Sewanee 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 advice you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that would help others would be appreciated.

Sewanee Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sewanee Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can find the same information for anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Sewanee Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Sewanee Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, plan to get discharged that morning.

Sewanee Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Sewanee Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Sewanee Police Jail are always changing, so call the jail at 931-598-1111 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Sewanee Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Sewanee Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Sewanee Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sewanee 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 Sewanee 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 Sewanee 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 check arrest warrants inquiry on the Franklin County court website or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file containing a docket sheet and all documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the Franklin County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail are always changing, so it would be best to visit the Sewanee Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sewanee 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 Sewanee Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 931-598-1111 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 Sewanee Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use 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 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

The only phone calls that Sewanee Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear 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, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 931-598-1111

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Sewanee Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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