Pigeon Forge Police Jail

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The Pigeon Forge Police Jail is located at 225 Pine Mountain Road in Pigeon Forge, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Pigeon Forge Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything related to the Pigeon Forge Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Pigeon Forge Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Pigeon Forge Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can find the same information on anybody arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Pigeon Forge Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Pigeon Forge Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

The first step is that you have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process will take between 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, it can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge has to decide on the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Pigeon Forge Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Pigeon Forge Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so you should call the jail at 865-453-9063 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Pigeon Forge Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Pigeon Forge Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Pigeon Forge Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Pigeon Forge 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 Pigeon Forge 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 Pigeon Forge 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Sevier County court website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Sevier County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Pigeon Forge Police Jail is likely to change, so be sure to check the Pigeon Forge Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Pigeon Forge 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 Pigeon Forge Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 865-453-9063 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 Pigeon Forge Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Pigeon Forge Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 865-453-9063

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Pigeon Forge Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail 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 Pigeon Forge Police Jail, click the link below.

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