Bledsoe County Jail

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The Bledsoe County Jail is located at 128 Frazier Street in Pikeville, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Bledsoe County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything you might need to know about the Bledsoe County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Bledsoe County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Bledsoe County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bledsoe County Jail Inmate List is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and times you can visit. You can also find info about anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Bledsoe County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Bledsoe County Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some questions, like what is your legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a telephone call in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, plan to be discharged that morning.

Bledsoe County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Bledsoe County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put in the log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Bledsoe County Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the official Bledsoe County Jail at (423) 447-2197 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Bledsoe County Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 at Bledsoe County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation 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 a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Bledsoe County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bledsoe County 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 Bledsoe County 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 Bledsoe County 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. 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 first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file containing a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to the Bledsoe County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail could change, so it would be best to double check the Bledsoe County Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bledsoe County 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 Bledsoe County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (423) 447-2197 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 Bledsoe County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Bledsoe County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Bledsoe County Jail phone number is: (423) 447-2197

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Bledsoe County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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