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Morris County Jail Information

Address

Morris County Jail
501 East Main Street
Council Grove, KS 66846

Phone Number

Phone Number: (620) 767-6310

The Morris County Jail is located at 501 East Main Street in Council Grove, KS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Morris County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything related to the Morris County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Morris County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Morris County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is in jail and need to find out where they are? Do you know a family member or friend who has been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

In order to see who is in jail at the Morris County Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

Last Name

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Who’s In Jail

The Morris County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Morris County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Morris County Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

First you will have to answer a number of questions, such as your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes between 10 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Morris County Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Morris County Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Morris County Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the jail at (620) 767-6310 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

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

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Morris County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a family member of the inmate, this 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 Morris County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Morris 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Morris County Jail is:

Morris County Jail
501 East Main Street
Council Grove, KS 66846

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Morris County Jail
501 East Main Street
Council Grove, KS 66846

The Morris County Jail mail policy is always changing, so check the the Morris County Jail website when you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Morris 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 Morris 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Morris County jail, by phone, go there 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 and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and all filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to the Morris County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Morris County Jail are always changing, so be sure to visit the Morris County Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Morris 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 Morris County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (620) 767-6310 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 Morris County Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind 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 products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Morris County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely.

The Morris County Jail phone number is: (620) 767-6310

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from 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 Morris County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 is 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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