Karnes County Jail

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The Karnes County Jail is located at 113 North Panna Maria Avenue in Karnes City, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Karnes County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Karnes County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Karnes County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Karnes County Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find the same information for anybody processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Karnes County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Karnes County Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you must answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a telephone call in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. This process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the judge must determine how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to be discharged that morning.

Karnes County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Karnes County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitors log for the inmate. Each visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Karnes County Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Karnes County Jail at (830) 780-3931 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Karnes County Jail you must be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Karnes County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 a 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 Karnes County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Karnes 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 Karnes 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 Karnes 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, you can find out by checking the court records on the Karnes County court website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Karnes County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Karnes County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Karnes County Jail might change, so be sure to visit the Karnes County Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Karnes 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 Karnes County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (830) 780-3931 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 Karnes County Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Karnes County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Karnes County Jail phone number is: (830) 780-3931

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Karnes County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 lower your inmates phone charges is 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore 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 Karnes County Jail, click the link below.

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