Lamar County Jail

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The Lamar County Jail is located at 121 Roberta Drive in Barnesville, GA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lamar County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Lamar County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Lamar County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lamar County Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info for anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Lamar County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Lamar County Jail takes you through these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. This process will take from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Lamar County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Lamar County Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will go in a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the official Lamar County Jail at (770) 358-5151 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Lamar County Jail you must be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Lamar County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Lamar County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lamar 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 Lamar 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 Lamar 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 can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Lamar County jail website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Lamar County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to review the Lamar County Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lamar 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 Lamar County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (770) 358-5151 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 Lamar County Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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 Lamar County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (770) 358-5151

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Lamar County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 can be 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 these cases, 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 Lamar County Jail, click the link below.

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