Williamson County Detention Center

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The Williamson County Detention Center is located at 408 Century Court in Franklin, TN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Williamson County Detention Center, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Williamson County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Williamson County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Williamson County Detention Center Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find info for anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Williamson County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Williamson County Detention Center takes you through each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, home address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the telephone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Williamson County Detention Center Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Williamson County Detention Center before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered in a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the facility at (615) 790-5550 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Williamson County Detention Center you must first be added to their 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.

No cellphones are allowed at Williamson County Detention Center, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Williamson County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Williamson County Detention Center 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 Williamson County Detention Center. 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 Williamson County Detention Center 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Williamson County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Williamson County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive 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 any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Williamson County Detention Center can change at any time, so be sure to check the Williamson County Detention Center site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Williamson County Detention Center

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 Williamson County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (615) 790-5550 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 Williamson County Detention Center store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Williamson County Detention Center inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: (615) 790-5550

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Williamson County Detention Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning 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 calling 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 circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Williamson County Detention Center, click the link below.

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