Coffey County Jail

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The Coffey County Jail is located at 605 Neosho Street in Burlington, KS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Coffey County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about everything one might want to know about the Coffey County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Coffey County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Coffey County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Coffey County Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get information about anyone who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Coffey County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or 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, like your full name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. This process will take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it depends on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Coffey County Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Coffey County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at (620) 364-3199 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Coffey County Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Coffey County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 related to 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 Coffey County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Coffey 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 Coffey 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 Coffey 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 Coffey County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Coffey County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Coffey County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates could change, so it would be best to double check the Coffey County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Coffey 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 Coffey County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (620) 364-3199 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 Coffey County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items 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 Coffey County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should 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 may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (620) 364-3199

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Coffey County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not 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 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 Coffey County Jail, click the link below.

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