Clay County Jail

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The Clay County Jail is located at 104 East Edgar Street in Clay Center, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Clay County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Clay County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Clay County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Clay County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information fast if you have their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Clay County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Clay County Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number 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 then be allowed to make a phone call to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate must determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Clay County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Clay County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered in a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at (402) 762-3528 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Clay County Jail you must have your name on the inmate’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 mobile phones at Clay County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the 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 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 Clay County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Clay 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 Clay 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 Clay 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Clay County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind 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 first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a docket and all filings and documents filed in your case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Clay County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Clay County Jail inmates could change, so be sure to check the Clay County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Clay 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 Clay County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (402) 762-3528 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 Clay County Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Clay County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (402) 762-3528

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly 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 inmate phone calls 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 Clay County 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 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 learning 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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