Hancock County Jail

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The Hancock County Jail is located at 67 Spring Street in Sparta, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the Hancock County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Hancock County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hancock County Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can also find info on anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get the information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Hancock County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a telephone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes between 30 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. Also, it will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Hancock County Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s name to the Hancock County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log for the inmate. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at (706) 444-6471 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Hancock County Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Hancock County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to 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 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 Hancock County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hancock 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 Hancock 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 Hancock 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding 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 their arrest date, contact the Hancock County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Hancock County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Hancock County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Hancock County Jail inmates might change, so it would be best to double check the Hancock County Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hancock 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 Hancock County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (706) 444-6471 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 Hancock County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, 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 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

All phone calls from the Hancock County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted 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 ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (706) 444-6471

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the 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 Hancock County Jail. The rates 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 state prisons and local 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 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 will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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