Grayson County Detention Center

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The Grayson County Detention Center is located at 203 South Heyser Drive in Leitchfield, KY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Grayson County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Grayson County Detention Center, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Grayson County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Grayson County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Grayson County Detention Center Inmate Locator is a roster of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find the same information about anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information fast if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Grayson County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Grayson County Detention Center includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer some questions, like your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get 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 – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge must decide on the 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 release date, plan to be discharged in the morning.

Grayson County Detention Center Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s full name to the Grayson County Detention Center in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Grayson County Detention Center visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Grayson County Detention Center at (270) 259-8160 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Grayson County Detention Center you must be on their visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Grayson County Detention Center, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Grayson County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Grayson County Detention Center 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 Grayson County Detention Center. 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 Grayson County Detention Center 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 court records on the Grayson County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Grayson County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out 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. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to the Grayson County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail could change, so you should visit the Grayson County Detention Center website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Grayson County Detention Center

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 Grayson County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (270) 259-8160 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 Grayson County Detention Center store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment 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, 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 Grayson County Detention Center inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Grayson County Detention Center phone number is: (270) 259-8160

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 get to set the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Grayson County Detention Center. 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 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Grayson County Detention Center, click the link below.

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