Davidson County – Hill Facility

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The Davidson County – Hill Facility is located at 506 Second Avenue North in Nashville, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Davidson County – Hill Facility, like how to locate an inmate at the Davidson County – Hill Facility, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Davidson County – Hill Facility
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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer advice and information that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that might help others will be welcome.

Davidson County – Hill Facility Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Davidson County – Hill Facility Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find information about anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Davidson County – Hill Facility Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Davidson County – Hill Facility takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer some questions, like your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental 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 are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also will depend on if you have a bond amount or if a judge has to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor charges, 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 are given a discharge date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Davidson County – Hill Facility Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Davidson County – Hill Facility before anyone can visit them. This information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the jail at (615) 862-8288 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Davidson County – Hill Facility you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Davidson County – Hill Facility, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not 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 Davidson County – Hill Facility. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Davidson County – Hill Facility 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 Davidson County – Hill Facility. 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 Davidson County – Hill Facility 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind 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 name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates can change at any time, so review the Davidson County – Hill Facility site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Davidson County – Hill Facility

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 Davidson County – Hill Facility uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (615) 862-8288 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 Davidson County – Hill Facility store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use 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 buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Davidson County – Hill Facility inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on 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 might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (615) 862-8288

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Davidson County – Hill Facility. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 figuring out 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 significantly 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 in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Davidson County – Hill Facility, click the link below.

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