Lyon County Jail

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The Lyon County Jail is located at 710 West 2nd Street in Oakley, KS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Lyon County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Lyon County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Lyon County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Lyon County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lyon County Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who are in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can find the same information about anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Lyon County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Lyon County Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can post bail, the faster you will be released. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Lyon County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Lyon County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Lyon County Jail are always changing, so call the facility at (785) 672-3288 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Lyon County Jail you must be added to 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.

No mobile phones are allowed at Lyon 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 visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Lyon County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lyon 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 Lyon 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 Lyon 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Lyon County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Lyon County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Lyon County Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so be sure to double check the Lyon County Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lyon 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 Lyon County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (785) 672-3288 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 Lyon County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items 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 Lyon County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

The Lyon County Jail phone number is: (785) 672-3288

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control 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 Lyon County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease 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. There are some circumstances where 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 call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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