Kemper County Jail

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The Kemper County Jail is located at 374 Stennis Industrial Park Road in Dekalb, MS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Kemper County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Kemper County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Kemper County court records, and much, much 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 lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Kemper County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Kemper County Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get information about anybody processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Kemper County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate 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 then be allowed to make a telephone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Kemper County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list information about each visitor to the Kemper County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put in a Visiting log for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at (601) 743-5767 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Kemper County Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Kemper County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. 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 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 under the age of 18 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 Kemper County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Kemper 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 Kemper 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 Kemper 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Kemper County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail are always changing, so it would be best to visit the Kemper County Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Kemper 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 Kemper County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (601) 743-5767 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 Kemper County Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Kemper County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear 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, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or totally denied.

The Kemper County Jail phone number is: (601) 743-5767

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Kemper County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 finding out how to lower 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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