Ness County Jail

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The Ness County Jail is located at 221 West Main Street in Ness City, KS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Ness County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything related to the Ness County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Ness County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ness County Jail Inmate Roster has information about people currently in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information about anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Ness County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Ness County Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you have to answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. This process takes anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. Also, it will depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, 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 release date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Ness County Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Ness County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go in the log as an approved visitor. Each visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Ness County Jail at (785) 798-2707 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Ness 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 with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Ness County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Ness County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ness 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 Ness 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 Ness 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, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person 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 the date of their arrest, contact the Ness County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Ness County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates change frequently, so double check the Ness County Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ness 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 Ness County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (785) 798-2707 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 Ness County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Ness County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or forbidden.

The Ness County Jail phone number is: (785) 798-2707

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 get to set the prices. The profits 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 Ness 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 state prisons and local 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 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 jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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