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Knox County Detention Center Information

Address

Knox County Detention Center
103 Jail Street
Barbourville, KY 40906

Phone Number

Phone: (606) 546-6215

The Knox County Detention Center is located at 103 Jail Street in Barbourville, KY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Knox County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Knox County Detention Center, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Knox County Detention Center Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that has gone to jail and want to locate them? Do you know somebody who has been arrested and you need to find out where they are?

To find out who is in jail at the Knox County Detention Center you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Knox County Detention Center Inmate Search is a roster of people currently in custody, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get the same information for anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information fast if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Knox County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

First, you will answer some simple questions, like what is your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, expect to get released in the morning.

Knox County Detention Center Visitation

The inmate need to list information about each visitor to the Knox County Detention Center in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Knox County Detention Center visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at (606) 546-6215 before you go.

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

Before you can visit an inmate at the Knox County Detention Center you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Knox County Detention Center, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the 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 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 Knox County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Knox 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 address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Knox County Detention Center is:

Knox County Detention Center
103 Jail Street
Barbourville, KY 40906

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Knox County Detention Center
103 Jail Street
Barbourville, KY 40906

The mail policy at the Knox County Detention Center is always changing, so be sure to visit the official Knox 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 Knox 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 Knox 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 can access court records on the Knox County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Knox County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Knox County Detention Center jail inmates change frequently, so check the Knox County Detention Center website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Knox 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 Knox County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (606) 546-6215 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 Knox County Detention Center store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Knox County Detention Center are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: (606) 546-6215

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Knox County Detention Center. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 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 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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