Thomasville Police Jail

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The Thomasville Police Jail is located at 921 Smith Avenue in Thomasville, GA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Thomasville Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything related to the Thomasville Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Thomasville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Thomas County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and advice that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Thomasville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Thomasville Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can also get info about anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Thomasville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Thomasville Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some simple questions, like your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can call 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 allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. It also will depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate has to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to be released that morning.

Thomasville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Thomasville Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 229-227-3249 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Thomasville Police Jail you have to have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be 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 cellphones at Thomasville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 of age 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 Thomasville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Thomasville 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 Thomasville 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 Thomasville 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Thomas County court website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind 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 first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Thomasville Police Jail inmates could change, so you should double check the Thomasville Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Thomasville 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 Thomasville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 229-227-3249 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 Thomasville Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 enough money in their trust account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Thomasville Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 229-227-3249

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Thomasville Police Jail. The prices 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 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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