Minor Hill Police Jail

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The Minor Hill Police Jail is located at 13200 Minor Hill Highway in Minor Hill, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Minor Hill Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Minor Hill Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Minor Hill Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your 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 helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Minor Hill Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Minor Hill Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information on anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information faster if you enter their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Minor Hill Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Minor Hill Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the phone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get 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 issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to determine 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, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Minor Hill Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must list each visitor’s full name to the Minor Hill Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 931-565-3113 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Minor Hill Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Minor Hill Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Minor Hill Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Minor Hill 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 Minor Hill 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 Minor Hill 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, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Giles County court website or you can 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 inquire at the information desk. You should know 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 a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the Giles County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates might change, so we suggest that you check the Minor Hill Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Minor Hill 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 Minor Hill Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 931-565-3113 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 Minor Hill Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Minor Hill Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. 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 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 rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 931-565-3113

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Minor Hill Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 won’t 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 jail has set their inmate 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 Minor Hill Police Jail, click the link below.

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