Marion County Jail

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The Marion County Jail is located at 103 Oak Avenue Jasper in Jasper, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Marion County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Marion County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Marion County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Marion County Jail
10. How to Search Marion County Arrest Records

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Marion County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Marion County Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find info on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Marion County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

The first step is that you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail may take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get released. It also might depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Marion County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list each visitor’s name to the Marion County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at (423) 942-2525 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Marion County Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Marion County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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, 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 Marion County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Marion 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 Marion 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 Marion 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Marion County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Marion County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Marion County Jail inmates are always changing, so we suggest that you visit the Marion County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Marion 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 Marion County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (423) 942-2525 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 Marion County Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as 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 cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Marion County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (423) 942-2525

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, 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 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 Marion County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 learning 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 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. In some cases, 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 facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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