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Jessamine County Detention Center Information

Address

Jessamine County Detention Center
229 East Maple Street
Nicholasville, KY 40356

Phone Number

Phone Number: (859) 885-4558

The Jessamine County Detention Center is located at 229 East Maple Street in Nicholasville, KY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Jessamine County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Jessamine County Detention Center, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Jessamine County Detention Center, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and advice that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Jessamine County Detention Center Inmate Search

Do you know someone that has gone to jail and need to find them? Do you know a friend or family member that has been arrested and you need to find out what jail they’re in?

To search who’s in jail at the Jessamine County Detention Center you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jessamine County Detention Center Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested, including status, and visiting schedule. You can find info about anybody who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Jessamine County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Jessamine County Detention Center is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, such as your full name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, plan to be released in the morning.

Jessamine County Detention Center Visitation

Inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Jessamine County Detention Center before anyone can visit them. This information will go into a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each visitor must provide identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the official Jessamine County Detention Center at (859) 885-4558 before you go to the jail to visit.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Jessamine County Detention Center you have to have your name on their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Jessamine County Detention Center, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If the 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 old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Jessamine County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jessamine 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Jessamine County Detention Center is:

Jessamine County Detention Center
229 East Maple Street
Nicholasville, KY 40356

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Jessamine County Detention Center
229 East Maple Street
Nicholasville, KY 40356

The Jessamine County Detention Center inmate mail policy changes frequently, so it would be best to double check the official Jessamine County Detention Center site before send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Jessamine 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 Jessamine 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, 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 jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a docket and all of the documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Jessamine County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail can change at any time, so you should visit the Jessamine County Detention Center website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jessamine 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 Jessamine County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (859) 885-4558 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 inmateâ€™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 Jessamine County Detention Center store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Jessamine County Detention Center inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on 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 break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or forbidden.

The Jessamine County Detention Center phone number is: (859) 885-4558

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 these phone service providers make from all 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 Jessamine County Detention Center. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 state prisons and local 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Jessamine County Detention Center, click the link below.

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