The Bartlett City Jail is a 24 bed jail in the city of Bartlett, Shelby County, Tennessee.
This page provides information on how to search for an inmate in the official jail roster, directions to the facility, and inmate services such as the visitation schedule and policies, funding an inmate's account, mailing them a letter, voicemail, emailing and texting, tablet rentals, bail bond instructions, and commissary purchases.
Phone: 901-385-5500
Physical Address:
3730 Appling Road
Bartlett, TN 38133
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To search for an inmate in the Bartlett City Jail, review their criminal charges, the amount of their bond, when they can get visits, or even view their mugshot, go to the Official Jail Inmate Roster, or call the jail at 901-385-5500 for the information you are looking for. You can also look up a Shelby County offender's Criminal Court Case online, or any offender that was arrested in the state of Tennessee.
Bartlett City Jail Inmate Search
The Bartlett City Jail maintains an average of 24 offenders in custody on any given day. The Bartlett City Jail has a monthly turnover of 40% of their inmate population, another 30% turnover every 90 days, another 20% every six months, and approximately 10% stay incarcerated between six and twelve months. Every year Shelby County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain approximately 68,480 offenders.
The following charts of Shelby County inmate population demographics are updated daily. The information shown is for today. For research purposes we have broken down the inmates by sex, age, ethnicity, and criminal charges.
The information is compiled from the Shelby County Corrections Department, the state of Tennessee Department of Corrections, as well as the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau records. It represents every person in custody in Shelby County.
For complete information on how to get directions, bond, visit, mail, send and receive email and texts, receive phone calls, and send money or commissary to an inmate, find arrest information for Shelby County and other counties surrounding this one, scroll down this page. We have a section for each.
We also provide photos of the jail that we have collected over the years, and a database of most wanted criminals for Shelby County, neighboring counties and the state of Tennessee.
For a collection of over 20 additional graphs and charts of the demographic and criminal arrest information of the inmates in Shelby County and Tennessee state prisons, click the button below.
Shelby County INMATE DEMOGRAPHICS
| Race | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| White | 0 | 0.00% |
| Black | 2,582 | 98.85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 30 | 1.15% |
| American Indian/Native Alaskan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Asian | 0 | 0.00% |
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | 2,612 | 100.0% |
(many inmates have multiple charges)
| Charge | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Felony (3rd Degree) | 453 | 17.34% |
| Felony (2rd Degree) | 438 | 16.77% |
| Felony (1st Degree) | 303 | 11.60% |
| State Jail Felony | 202 | 7.73% |
| Felony (Uncategorized) | 578 | 22.13% |
| Misdemeanor (Class A) | 918 | 35.15% |
| Misdemeanor (Class C) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Holds | 0 | 0.00% |
| Uncategorized | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sex | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 2,322 | 88.90% |
| Female | 290 | 11.10% |
| Total | 2,612 | 100.0% |
| Age | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 33 | 1.26% |
| 18-20 | 146 | 5.59% |
| 21-24 | 294 | 11.26% |
| 25-30 | 519 | 19.87% |
| 31-35 | 438 | 16.77% |
| 36-40 | 358 | 13.71% |
| 41-45 | 303 | 11.60% |
| 46-50 | 176 | 6.74% |
| 51-55 | 138 | 5.28% |
| 56-60 | 124 | 4.75% |
| 61-65 | 46 | 1.76% |
| 66-75 | 30 | 1.15% |
| 76-85 | 7 | 0.27% |
| Total | 2,612 | 100.0% |
INTERESTING FACTS about the Shelby County Jail: The Bartlett Jail was upgraded to a Type I from a Type II facility, allowing the detention of inmates longer than the 72 hours. The jail is located just north east of Memphis and the jail was upgraded to help ease the overcrowding issues that nearby Shelby County faces.
VISIT YOUR LOVED ONE
Having an outlet to contact loved ones outside the Shelby County Jail may be critical to the well-being of someone serving time behind bars.
Remote Visitation, in the comfort of your own home is available for most facilities. Visitation hours may be dependent upon the sex of the person and, also dependent upon the section of the facility in which they are housed.
In 2020, COVID stopped in person visitation in all facilities, but some have reinstated in person visitation. Call 901-385-5500 to check the current status of in person visitation in.
You must submit a picture and government photo ID for facility approval prior to visiting someone in our facility and there is a strict protocol that must be followed or privileges can be revoked.
If you are doing in person visitation, visitors are subject to search. Dress appropriately. If too much skin is showing, you may be refused visitation rights.
COMMISSARY
Please include the inmates name, ID number, dorm number and cell or bed number if possible, when sending mail.
DO NOT SEND lewd photos. All mail will be inspected by authorities and contraband seized.
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This facility, known as "Bartlett City Jail" is also known as Bartlett Justice Complex, Bartlett Police Department, Bartlett City Jail, Tennessee, Shelby.
