Address:
110 Cedar Bluff Road
Centre, AL 35960
Phone:
256-927-6435
Since Cherokee County Detention Center contracts with JailATM / Prodigy Telephone Solutions. they either already or will soon provide you and your inmate the ability to use their Messaging Service to send and receive electronic messages. Try both Jail ATM & Prodigy. They are in the midst of a merger and one or the other will be handling this jail's account.
Depending on the facility, inmates can either view messages from you by:
Pay for the Prodigy Inmate Messaging Service at Cherokee County Detention Center.
- Online,
- Over the Phone by calling 866-700-4545,
- Using a Kiosk at Cherokee County Detention Center.
Pay for the JailATM Inmate Messaging Service at Cherokee County Detention Center.
- Online,
- Using a Kiosk at Cherokee County Detention Center.
- Over the phone by calling 877-810-0914.
How much does it cost to send and receive messages?
Rates to send messages vary and are subject to change.
The typical cost is $1.00 per message, plus $1.00 per photo and $3.00 per 30 second video when available.
Step 1 - Sign in or create an account to find your facility.
Step 2 - Fund Account
NOTE: By turning on messaging, you will fund your account with $5.00 and authorize Prodigy / Jail ATM to charge your payment method for the same amount if you send a message or receive a collect message and do not have enough money.
Due to the ability of third party companies providing a secure environment for Cherokee County Detention Center inmates and their contacts outside the facility to communicate digitally, this facility will now (or soon) be providing the ability for digital messaging.
Secure digital messaging allows for a delay between the emails of the inmate and their friends and family, so that the jail can scan the communication for illegal or other communications against their policies.
Note that all messages, both sent and received, will be saved and will be referred to in the inmate's existing or future criminal charges.
Complete instructions on how to sign up for this service for the Cherokee County Detention Center, and how it works can be found below. Call 256-927-6435 if you have any questions.
Once you sign up with Jail ATM instant Messaging you can you can send texts from the cell phone associated with the mobile number you provided at sign-up, and receive text messages from the inmate on the same cell phone. You can only use the phone number you signed up with or it won't work.
Viewing Texts and Sending Replies:
Each text message sent to the inmate is converted to an email prior to delivery. The resident will view your text message just like he or she would view an email (for instance, on a kiosk within the housing unit); however, the resident will be alerted that the message came in as a text. The resident’s reply is converted back to a text message after sending, and delivered to your cell phone. Everything you send and receive will be viewed by the Cherokee County Detention Center first.
Emails:
After you sign up for the SMS Texting Program, all of the inmate's emails and other electronic messages are delivered to your cell phone as a text message – you will no longer receive emails from the resident. You can still send an email to the resident after you sign up for the SMS Texting Program. However, the resident’s reply comes back to you as a text message. You can access your messaging account on the JailATM website to see a full record of all electronic messages sent and received.
Cost:
Once you sign up, the fees will be outlined and are subject to change, however Cherokee County Detention Center typically charges $1.00 per text message sent and received.
Using Jail ATM Digital Messaging with an Inmate at Cherokee County Detention Center - Sending and Receiving Messages.
How It Works:
Once you sign up with Jail ATM instant Messaging you can you can send texts from the cell phone associated with the mobile number you provided at sign-up, and receive text messages from the inmate on the same cell phone. You can only use the phone number you signed up with or it won't work.
To learn more about this email service, check out our full instructions, including fees at our emailing and texting page.
Cherokee County Detention Center uses an online cash bonding company called CashBondOnline.com so you don't have to bond out your inmate at the jail or at the Cherokee County Courthouse.
Here's how it works:
1. Once you find out that your inmate has been arrested, go here and select Alabama.
2. Next select Cherokee County Detention Center, or if it is not listed like that, try Cherokee County.
3. Next, input your inmate's name or ID Number and then click 'Find'.
4. If your inmate is elegible for a cash bond, the amount will be noted next to their criminal charges.
For full information on Cash bail and Bond Online, including how to contact them by phone and email, check out our Inmate Bail page.
To receive phone calls from inmates in Cherokee County, or to assist them in making phone calls to other people, follow these steps:
For all the information regarding phone calls with Cherokee County inmates; rules, policies, phone calling times, limits and more visit our Inmate Phone Page.
Other than 'at the jail' visits between you and your inmate at Cherokee County Detention Center, which is explained and outlined in detail on our Visit Inmate Page, Cherokee County remote video inmate visitation can be done using the services of Inmate Sales utilizing the following instructions:
In order to have a successful video visit with an inmate in Cherokee County, these are the steps to follow:
* All the information you need to have complete knowledge about inmate visitation; policies, rules, fees, schedules, tips, dress codes, and children, lawyers and clergy visitation in Cherokee County, can be found on our Visit Inmate Page.
Cherokee County Detention Center Phone: 256-927-6435
To send a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Cherokee County Detention Center follow these steps:
For all information, tips and available items for shipping Commissary packages or sending money to an inmate in Cherokee County Detention Center check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Cherokee County.
To send messages to a Cherokee County inmate follow these instructions:
Since Cherokee County Detention Center contracts with JailATM / Prodigy Telephone Solutions. they either already or will soon provide you and your inmate the ability to use their Messaging Service to send and receive electronic messages. Try both Jail ATM & Prodigy. They are in the midst of a merger and one or the other will be handling the Cherokee County Detention Center account.
Pay for the Prodigy Inmate Messaging Service at Cherokee County Detention Center.
- Online,
- Over the Phone by calling 866-700-4545,
- Using a Kiosk at Cherokee County Detention Center.
Pay for the JailATM Inmate Messaging Service at Cherokee County Detention Center.
- Online,
- Using a Kiosk at Cherokee County Detention Center.
- Over the phone 877-810-0914.
For all the information you need regarding messaging a Cherokee County inmate at the jail, including how it's done, how much it costs, rules and regulations and more, check out our Text/Email an Inmate Page.
NOTE: All of your communication with an inmate is recorded. Use discretion in what you discuss.
To send a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Cherokee County Detention Center follow these steps:
For all information, tips and available items for shipping Commissary packages to an inmate in Cherokee County Detention Center check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Cherokee County.
