Bellefonte Police Jail

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The Bellefonte Police Jail is located at 705 Bellefonte Princess Road in Bellefonte, KY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bellefonte Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything related to the Bellefonte Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Bellefonte Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Bellefonte Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bellefonte Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get the same information about anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information fast if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Bellefonte Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Bellefonte Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be discharged that morning.

Bellefonte Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s full name to the Bellefonte Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so you should call the official Bellefonte Police Jail at 606-325-0608 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Bellefonte Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Bellefonte Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 a 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 Bellefonte Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bellefonte 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 Bellefonte 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 Bellefonte 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the Greenup County jail website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents filed in the court case. You can access court records online, or at the Greenup County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Greenup County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Bellefonte Police Jail jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you check the Bellefonte Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bellefonte 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 Bellefonte Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 606-325-0608 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 Bellefonte Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Bellefonte Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or cut altogether.

The Bellefonte Police Jail phone number is: 606-325-0608

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make are shared 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 Bellefonte Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone 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 Bellefonte Police Jail, click the link below.

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