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Madison County Jail Information

Address

Madison County Jail
2935 U.S. Highway 51
Canton, MS 39046

Phone Number

Phone Number: (601) 855-0739

The Madison County Jail is located at 2935 U.S. Highway 51 in Canton, MS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Madison County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Madison County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that has gone to jail and don’t know how to find out where they are? Do you know someone who’s been arrested and you want to locate them?

To find out who’s in jail at the Madison County Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

Last Name

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Who’s In Jail

The Madison County Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find information for anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Madison County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Madison County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the telephone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Madison County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Madison County Jail in advance. This information will be put into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Madison County Jail are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at (601) 855-0739 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Madison County Jail you have to be added to their 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 cellphones at Madison County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Madison County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Madison 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Madison County Jail is:

Madison County Jail
2935 U.S. Highway 51
Canton, MS 39046

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Madison County Jail
2935 U.S. Highway 51
Canton, MS 39046

The Madison County Jail mail policy changes, so be sure to check the official website when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Madison 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 Madison 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Madison County court website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Madison County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and any documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail is likely to change, so visit the Madison County Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Madison 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 Madison County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (601) 855-0739 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 inmateâ€™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 Madison County Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Madison County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Madison County Jail phone number is: (601) 855-0739

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Madison County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 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 Madison County Jail, click the link below.

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