Smith County Jail

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The Smith County Jail is located at 217 South Jefferson Street in Smith Center, KS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Smith County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Smith County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Smith County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Smith County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Smith County Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information faster if you have their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Smith County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Smith County Jail includes each of these 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.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some simple questions, like your legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process takes from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Smith County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Smith County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go into the visitors log for the requesting inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Smith County Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at (785)-282-5180 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Smith County Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Smith County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Smith County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Smith 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 Smith 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 Smith 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the Smith County jail website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Smith County Jail inmates change frequently, so it would be best to double check the Smith County Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Smith 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 Smith County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (785)-282-5180 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 Smith County Jail store. You can buy 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 daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Smith County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and 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 are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (785)-282-5180

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls are shared 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 Smith 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 things 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 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their inmate 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 Smith County Jail, click the link below.

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