Letcher County Jail

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The Letcher County Jail is located at 156 Main Street in Whitesburg, KY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Letcher County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Letcher County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Letcher County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Letcher County Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information on anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Letcher County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Letcher County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, it will depend on if you have a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to decide on your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to be discharged in the morning.

Letcher County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide information about each visitor to the Letcher County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Letcher County Jail at (606) 633-2293 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Letcher County Jail you must have your name on their 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 without it.

No phones are allowed at Letcher County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Letcher County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Letcher 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 Letcher 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 Letcher 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Letcher County court website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind 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 name, and their arrest date, contact the Letcher County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Letcher County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail might change, so we suggest that you check the Letcher County Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Letcher 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 Letcher County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (606) 633-2293 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 Letcher County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Letcher County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates 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 and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (606) 633-2293

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Letcher County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling 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 circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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