Newton Police Jail

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The Newton Police Jail is located at 120 East 7Th Street in Newton, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Newton Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Newton Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Newton Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much 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 lot easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Newton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Newton Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people currently in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can also get the same information on anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their arrest information fast if you have their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Newton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Newton Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can 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 might be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process takes between 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, plan to get released that morning.

Newton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Newton Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Newton Police Jail change often, so call the facility at 316-284-6030 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Newton Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 Newton Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Newton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Newton 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 Newton 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 Newton 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the Harvey County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Harvey County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates can change at any time, so double check the Newton Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Newton 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 Newton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 316-284-6030 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 Newton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably 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 items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary 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

All phone calls from the Newton Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 316-284-6030

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Newton Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 state prisons and local 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 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. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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