Albany Police Jail

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The Albany Police Jail is located at 201 West Oglethorpe Boulevard in Albany, GA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Albany Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Albany Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Albany Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips you need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Albany Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Albany Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their arrest information fast if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Albany Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Albany Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer some questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate 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 make a telephone call in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take from 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge must figure out how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Albany Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Albany Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go in a Visiting log for the inmate. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Albany Police Jail change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 229-431-2100 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Albany Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Albany Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they will have to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Albany Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Albany 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 Albany 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 Albany 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants online or you are able to 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 inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, 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, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and all filings and documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the Dougherty County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Dougherty County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates is likely to change, so review the Albany Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Albany 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 Albany Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 229-431-2100 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 Albany Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need 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 purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items 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 Albany Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, 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, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Albany Police Jail phone number is: 229-431-2100

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts 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 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 Albany 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 learning 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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