Let's walk through the arrest procedure.
You will arrive at the Perry County Jail in handcuffs, and you will be permitted one phone call. This is your free call. Who would you call?
**ATTENTION** DUE TO A RESURGENCE OF COVID-19, VISITATION IS NO LONGER OPEN. WHILE WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS MUST BE FOR BOTH PRISONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, PCSO IS WORKING ON AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF VISITATION.*
Let's walk through the arrest procedure.
You will arrive at the Perry County Jail in handcuffs, and you will be permitted one phone call. This is your free call. Who would you call?
When someone is arrested, the first step is to go to jail and be processed. Processing is when you are photographed, finger printed, and entered in a criminal database.
The next step is having a bond set. Everyone must have a bond set, no matter the crime. The bond is determined by how many charges, what types of charges, flight risk, and more variables. At that time you can talk to a bondsman who will ask questions about your circumstances to determine if you are bondable. A bond costs 10% of the value assigned to your case, plus any fees for the bondsman.
If you are unable to make bond, then you a guest of the Perry County Jail until such time as you are seen for arraignment by a judge, normally Judge Katerina V. Moore in General Sessions.
