Fayette County Jail

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The Fayette County Jail is located at 145 Johnson Avenue in Fayetteville, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Fayette County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Fayette County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information that you’ll need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help others would be welcome.

Fayette County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fayette County Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information about anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Fayette County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Fayette County Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If 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 a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged. It also will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a judge must determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be discharged that morning.

Fayette County Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Fayette County Jail in advance. This information will be entered in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Fayette County Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Fayette County Jail at (770) 716-4720 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Fayette County Jail you have to have your name on this person’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 mobile phones at Fayette County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Fayette County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fayette 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 Fayette 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 Fayette 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. 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 the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You can access court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug Possession, 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 money to people in jail could change, so you should double check the Fayette County Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fayette 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 Fayette County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (770) 716-4720 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 Fayette County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Fayette County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to 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 are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

The Fayette County Jail phone number is: (770) 716-4720

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all inmate phone calls 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 Fayette 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t 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 or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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