Bartlett City Jail

Bartlett City Jail Information

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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How Do You Find Someone in the Bartlett City Jail?

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

Shelby County Inmate Race & Ethnicity - 10/3/2023

Race Inmates % Total
White 20 0.73%
Black 2,158 79.22%
Hispanic or Latino 377 13.84%
American Indian/Native Alaskan 22 0.81%
Asian 99 3.63%
Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian 19 0.70%
Other 29 1.06%
Total 2,724 100.0%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, Tennessee Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.

Shelby County Inmate Criminal Charges - 10/3/2023

(many inmates have multiple charges)

Charge Inmates % Total
Felony (3rd Degree) 619 22.72%
Felony (2rd Degree) 759 27.86%
Felony (1st Degree) 0 0.00%
State Jail Felony 12 0.44%
Felony (Uncategorized) 630 23.13%
Misdemeanor (Class A) 704 25.84%
Misdemeanor (Class C) 0 0.00%
Holds 0 0.00%
Uncategorized 0 0.00%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, Tennessee Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.

Shelby County Inmate Sex - 10/3/2023

Sex Inmates % Total
Male 2,430 89.21%
Female 294 10.79%
Total 2,724 100.0%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, Tennessee Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.

Shelby County Inmate Age - 10/3/2023

Age Inmates % Total
Under 18 16 0.59%
18-20 155 5.69%
21-24 316 11.60%
25-30 575 21.11%
31-35 592 21.73%
36-40 327 12.00%
41-45 226 8.30%
46-50 189 6.94%
51-55 173 6.35%
56-60 106 3.89%
61-65 29 1.06%
66-75 20 0.73%
76-85 0 0.00%
Total 2,724 100.0%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, Tennessee Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.
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About the Bartlett City Jail

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

CASH ONLY in the lobby! Posts immediately for use. See other ways to deposit commissary below. Cash is available immediately, but money orders may take longer to post.

MAIL

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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Directions / Map to the Bartlett City Jail
Inmate Phone Contact

How Do I Receive Phone Calls from an Inmate in the Bartlett City Jail?

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Other Jails in Shelby County

What are the other City and County Jails in Shelby County?

Shelby County County Jails
Shelby County City Jails
Shelby County Juvenile Facilities
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Other Jails Nearby

What are the other Jails in the Neighboring Counties surrounding Shelby County?

Shelby Crittenden Marshall DeSoto Fayette Tipton
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Most Wanted Fugitives

Do you have a list of Arrest Warrants, and the Most Wanted Criminals in Shelby County, the state of Tennessee and the United States?

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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.