Meriden Police Jail

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The Meriden Police Jail is located at 103 East Main Street in Meriden, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Meriden Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Meriden Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Meriden Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Jefferson County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Meriden Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Meriden Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get info for anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Meriden Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Meriden Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You must answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, it will depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Meriden Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Meriden Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so you should call the jail at 785-484-3450 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Meriden Police Jail you must be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Meriden Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Meriden Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Meriden 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 Meriden 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 Meriden 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, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and all documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Jefferson County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Meriden Police Jail are always changing, so check the Meriden Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Meriden 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 Meriden Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 785-484-3450 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 Meriden Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Meriden Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: 785-484-3450

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Meriden Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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