Floyd County Jail

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The Floyd County Jail is located at 151 South Central Avenue in Prestonsburg, KY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Floyd County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give 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 in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Floyd County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Floyd County Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information for anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Floyd County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Floyd County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get released. Also, it can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Floyd County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s name to the Floyd County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at (606) 886-8021 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Floyd County Jail you must first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Floyd County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, this 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 magazines to an inmate at the Floyd County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Floyd 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 Floyd 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 Floyd 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records online or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the Floyd County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket and all documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the Floyd County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Floyd County Jail inmates is likely to change, so review the Floyd County Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Floyd 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 Floyd County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (606) 886-8021 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 Floyd County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Floyd County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (606) 886-8021

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 off of all of the 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 Floyd County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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