Kingman County Jail

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The Kingman County Jail is located at 120 North Spruce Street in Kingman, KS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Kingman County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything related to the Kingman County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Kingman County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Kingman County Jail
10. How to Search Kingman County Arrest Records

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and tips you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to others is welcome.

Kingman County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Kingman County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can get information for anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information fast if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Kingman County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Kingman County Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. Also, it depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate has to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Kingman County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name to the Kingman County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put in a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor has to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Kingman County Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Kingman County Jail at (620) 532-5133 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Kingman County Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

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

No phones at Kingman County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision 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 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Kingman County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Kingman 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 Kingman 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 Kingman 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Kingman County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a 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 a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Kingman County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Kingman County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Kingman County Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so be sure to visit the Kingman County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Kingman 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 Kingman County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (620) 532-5133 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 Kingman County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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 personal 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 Kingman County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Kingman County Jail phone number is: (620) 532-5133

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Kingman 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 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 learning how to decrease 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 facility has set their inmate 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 Kingman County Jail, click the link below.

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