Calhoun Police Jail

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The Calhoun Police Jail is located at 746 State Highway 163 in Calhoun, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Calhoun Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Calhoun Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Mcminn County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Calhoun Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Calhoun Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information about anybody processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Calhoun Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

You will have to answer some questions, like your legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, plan to be released that morning.

Calhoun Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Calhoun Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the official Calhoun Police Jail at 423-336-2348 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Calhoun Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Calhoun Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 magazines to an inmate at the Calhoun Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to the Mcminn County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Calhoun Police Jail inmates might change, so be sure to review the Calhoun Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Calhoun 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 Calhoun Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 423-336-2348 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 Calhoun Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear 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 items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust 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 Calhoun Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 423-336-2348

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Calhoun 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 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 decrease 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 prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore 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 can save you money.

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

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