Lincoln County Jail

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The Lincoln County Jail is located at 116 North 2nd Street in Lincoln, KS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything related to the Lincoln County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask them, and any comments or tips that would be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Lincoln County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lincoln County Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals currently in custody, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info about anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Lincoln County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Lincoln County Jail is made up of these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some questions, like your legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to make a phone call so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take from 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge has to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Lincoln County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Lincoln County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Lincoln County Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (785) 524-4479 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Lincoln County Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take 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 at Lincoln County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 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 Lincoln County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Lincoln County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Lincoln County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Lincoln 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 entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Lincoln County Jail are always changing, so be sure to check the Lincoln County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lincoln 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 Lincoln County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (785) 524-4479 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 Lincoln County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Lincoln County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Lincoln County Jail phone number is: (785) 524-4479

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Lincoln County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 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 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 facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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