Breckinridge County Jail

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The Breckinridge County Jail is located at 500 Glen Nash Road in Hardinsburg, KY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Breckinridge County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Breckinridge County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Breckinridge County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Breckinridge County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find information about anybody booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you have their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Breckinridge County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Breckinridge County Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some questions, like your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask 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 stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the phone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be released in the morning.

Breckinridge County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Breckinridge County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so we suggest that you call the official Breckinridge County Jail at (270) 756-6333 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Breckinridge County Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring 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 phones at Breckinridge County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Breckinridge County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Breckinridge County 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 Breckinridge County 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 Breckinridge County 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 access arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Breckinridge County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and all documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Breckinridge County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Breckinridge County Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so be sure to visit the Breckinridge County Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Breckinridge County 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 Breckinridge County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (270) 756-6333 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 Breckinridge County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds 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

All phone calls from the Breckinridge County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Breckinridge County Jail phone number is: (270) 756-6333

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Breckinridge County 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 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 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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