Rutherford County Jail

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The Rutherford County Jail is located at 940 New Salem Road in Murfreesboro, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Rutherford County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Rutherford County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer info you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would help others will be welcome.

Rutherford County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rutherford County Jail Inmate Search has information about people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can also get the same information on anyone who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information more quickly if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Rutherford County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Rutherford County Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to get released that morning.

Rutherford County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s full name to the Rutherford County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies can change, so you should call the official Rutherford County Jail at (615) 898-7774 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Rutherford County Jail you have to have your name on this person’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 cellphones at Rutherford County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Rutherford County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind 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, and the date of their arrest, contact the Rutherford County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Rutherford County Jail could change, so it would be best to check the Rutherford County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rutherford 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 Rutherford County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (615) 898-7774 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 Rutherford County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Rutherford County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (615) 898-7774

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Rutherford 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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