Cedar Vale Police Jail

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The Cedar Vale Police Jail is located at 702 Cedar Street in Cedar Vale, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cedar Vale Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Cedar Vale Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Cedar Vale Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cedar Vale Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get information about anyone booked or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Cedar Vale Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Cedar Vale Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your full name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get released. It also can depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Cedar Vale Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Cedar Vale Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered into the visitors log for the inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the facility at 620-758-2951 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Cedar Vale Police Jail you must first be added to their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Cedar Vale Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to 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 related to the inmate, the minor 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 magazines to an inmate at the Cedar Vale Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cedar Vale 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 Cedar Vale 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 Cedar Vale 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 for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Chautauqua County court website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that contains a docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Cedar Vale Police Jail might change, so you should check the Cedar Vale Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cedar Vale 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 Cedar Vale Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 620-758-2951 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 Cedar Vale Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products including 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 Cedar Vale Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Cedar Vale Police Jail phone number is: 620-758-2951

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all of the inmate phone calls are split 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 Cedar Vale Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Cedar Vale Police Jail, click the link below.

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