Hawkinsville Police Jail

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The Hawkinsville Police Jail is located at 1St Street And Jackson Street in Hawkinsville, GA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hawkinsville Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Hawkinsville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Hawkinsville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Pulaski County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and advice that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that might help others would be much appreciated.

Hawkinsville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hawkinsville Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info for anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Hawkinsville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Hawkinsville Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should plan to get discharged that morning.

Hawkinsville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s name to the Hawkinsville Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Hawkinsville Police Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 478-783-1681 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Hawkinsville Police Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

Make 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.

No mobile phones at Hawkinsville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Hawkinsville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hawkinsville Police 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 Hawkinsville Police 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 Hawkinsville Police 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, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Pulaski County court website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are 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 includes a court docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the Pulaski County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail are always changing, so you should review the Hawkinsville Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hawkinsville Police 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 Hawkinsville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 478-783-1681 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 Hawkinsville Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These products 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 Hawkinsville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 478-783-1681

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all inmate phone calls 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 Hawkinsville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 keeps up to date 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not 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 inmate 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 Hawkinsville Police Jail, click the link below.

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