Loudon County Jail

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The Loudon County Jail is located at 12680 Highway 11 West # 1 in Lenoir City, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Loudon County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Loudon County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Loudon County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Loudon County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Loudon County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information on anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Loudon County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Loudon County Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, 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 property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be released. It also depends on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released that morning.

Loudon County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide information about each visitor to the Loudon County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the log for the inmate. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the official Loudon County Jail at (865) 986-6612 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Loudon County Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Loudon County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Loudon County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Loudon 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 Loudon 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 Loudon 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 an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants on the website or 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 one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Loudon County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Loudon County Jail inmates could change, so be sure to check the Loudon County Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Loudon 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 Loudon County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (865) 986-6612 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 Loudon County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Loudon County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Loudon County Jail phone number is: (865) 986-6612

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Loudon County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 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. 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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