Ford County Jail

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The Ford County Jail is located at 507 Avenue L in Dodge City, KS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Ford County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Ford County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Ford County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ford County Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can get info for anyone processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Ford County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Ford County Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to make a phone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process will take from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will be released. Also, it depends on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Ford County Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s full name to the Ford County Jail before you can visit. This information will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Ford County Jail can change, so you should call the jail at (620) 227-4590 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

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

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Ford County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Ford County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ford 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 Ford 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 Ford 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Ford County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to the Ford County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates is likely to change, so we suggest that you check the Ford County Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ford 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 Ford County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (620) 227-4590 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 Ford County Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Ford County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (620) 227-4590

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Ford County Jail. The rates 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 figuring out 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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