Carroll County Jail

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The Carroll County Jail is located at 126 West Paris Street in Huntingdon, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Carroll County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Carroll County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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10. How to Search Carroll County Arrest Records

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that might help others is much appreciated.

Carroll County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Carroll County Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find the same information for anybody processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you have their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Carroll County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Carroll County Jail is made up of these 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.

The first step is that you have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. It also will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge must determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Carroll County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Carroll County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will be required to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Carroll County Jail are always changing, so you should call the jail at (731) 986-8947 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Carroll County Jail you must have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Carroll County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on 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 under the age of 18 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 a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Carroll County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Carroll 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 Carroll 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 Carroll 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Carroll County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county 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 it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Carroll County Jail jail inmates are always changing, so review the Carroll County Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Carroll 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 Carroll County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (731) 986-8947 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 Carroll County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 money 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 Carroll County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: (731) 986-8947

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all 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 Carroll County Jail. The prices 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 is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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