South Fulton Police Jail

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The South Fulton Police Jail is located at 700 Milton Counce Drive in South Fulton, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the South Fulton Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything related to the South Fulton Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and tips you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others would be welcome.

South Fulton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The South Fulton Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also get the same information for anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

South Fulton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the South Fulton Police Jail includes each 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 thing you will have to to is you will answer some basic questions, like your legal name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you can get out of jail. It also depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if the judge has to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to get released between 9am and noon.

South Fulton Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s full name to the South Fulton Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered into a log of visitors for the inmate. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the jail at 731-479-1311 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the South Fulton Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at South Fulton Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the South Fulton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the South Fulton 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 South Fulton 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 South Fulton 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Obion County court website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Obion County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and any documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, 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 is likely to change, so you should check the South Fulton Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at South Fulton 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 South Fulton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 731-479-1311 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 South Fulton Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items 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, in addition to personal 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

All phone calls from the South Fulton Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, phone calls might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The South Fulton Police Jail phone number is: 731-479-1311

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 South Fulton Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 figuring out 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at South Fulton Police Jail, click the link below.

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