Kansas Police Jail

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The Kansas Police Jail is located at 104 South Front Street in Kansas, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Kansas Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Kansas Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Kansas Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Kansas Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Kansas Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get the same information about anyone booked or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their arrest information quicker if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Kansas Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Kansas Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some basic questions, like your full name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, it depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge still needs to figure out your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

Kansas Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Kansas Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be put in the log for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Kansas Police Jail can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 217-948-5621 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Kansas Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Kansas Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a 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 Kansas Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Kansas 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 Kansas 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 Kansas 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the Edgar County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are 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 Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail are always changing, so you should review the Kansas Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Kansas 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 Kansas Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-948-5621 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 Kansas Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that Kansas Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 217-948-5621

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Kansas Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 decrease 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 circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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