Nicholas County Jail

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The Nicholas County Jail is located at 125 East Main Street in Carlisle, KY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Nicholas County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Nicholas County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Nicholas County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Nicholas County Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get the same information about anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their inmate information more quickly if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Nicholas County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Nicholas County Jail includes these steps:

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

First, you have to answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, expect to be released that morning.

Nicholas County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Nicholas County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors has to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Nicholas County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the official Nicholas County Jail at (859) 289-3740 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Nicholas County Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No phones are allowed at Nicholas County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. 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 going to be approved.

If the 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 under the age of 18 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 Nicholas County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Nicholas 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 Nicholas 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 Nicholas 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Nicholas County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. 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, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Nicholas County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Nicholas County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to double check the Nicholas County Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Nicholas 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 Nicholas County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (859) 289-3740 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 Nicholas County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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 Nicholas County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

The Nicholas County Jail phone number is: (859) 289-3740

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Nicholas County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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