Thomas County Jail

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The Thomas County Jail is located at 503 Main Street in Thedford, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Thomas County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Thomas County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Thomas County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer advice and information you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that could help others would be welcome.

Thomas County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Thomas County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info about anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get the information faster if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Thomas County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Thomas County Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a telephone call in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine the bail amount. 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 are given a release date, expect to get released that morning.

Thomas County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s name to the Thomas County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the official Thomas County Jail at (308) 645-2418 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Thomas County Jail you have to first be added to their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Thomas County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Thomas County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Thomas 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 Thomas 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 Thomas 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Thomas County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Thomas County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Thomas County Jail are always changing, so be sure to check the Thomas County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Thomas 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 Thomas County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (308) 645-2418 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 Thomas County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 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 Thomas County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Thomas County Jail phone number is: (308) 645-2418

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Thomas County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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