Chattahoochee County Jail

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The Chattahoochee County Jail is located at 379 Broad Street in Cusseta, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Chatahoochee County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything related to the Chattahoochee County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Chattahoochee County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Chattahoochee County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chattahoochee County Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information about anybody booked or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Chattahoochee County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Chattahoochee County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You will have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. This process takes anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Chattahoochee County Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Chattahoochee County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitors log for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Chattahoochee County Jail frequently change, so you should call the facility at (706) 989-3644 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Chattahoochee County Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Chattahoochee County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Chattahoochee County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chattahoochee 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 Chattahoochee 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 Chattahoochee 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Chatahoochee County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know 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 the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Chatahoochee County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you double check the Chattahoochee County Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chattahoochee 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 Chattahoochee County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (706) 989-3644 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 Chattahoochee County Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

All phone calls from the Chattahoochee County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly 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 you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Chattahoochee County Jail phone number is: (706) 989-3644

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 they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Chattahoochee County 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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