Smith County Jail

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The Smith County Jail is located at 205 2nd Avenue West in Carthage, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Smith County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Smith County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Smith County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Smith County Jail
7. Smith County Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Smith County Jail
10. How to Search Smith County Arrest Records

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and any comments or tips that would help others is appreciated.

Smith County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Smith County Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times you can visit. You can also find information on anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Smith County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Smith County Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process will take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to be discharged in the morning.

Smith County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Smith County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Smith County Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at (615) 735-2626 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Smith County Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Smith County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 Smith County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Smith 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 Smith 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 Smith 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 for your arrest, you can check the court records online or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and all of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail could change, so you should review the Smith County Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Smith 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 Smith County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (615) 735-2626 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 Smith County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

The only phone calls that Smith County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep 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, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (615) 735-2626

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the phone calls that inmates make are split 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 Smith County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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