Wolfe County Jail

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The Wolfe County Jail is located at 10 Court Street in Campton, KY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Wolfe County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Wolfe County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Wolfe County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Wolfe County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

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

Wolfe County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wolfe County Jail Inmate List is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can also find information on anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information quicker if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Wolfe County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Wolfe County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

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

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

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine 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. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

Wolfe County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to list each visitor’s name to the Wolfe County Jail in advance. Your visitors will go in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (606) 668-3569 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Wolfe County Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Wolfe County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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, this 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 Wolfe County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wolfe 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 Wolfe 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 Wolfe 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, you can check the court records on the Wolfe County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Wolfe County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to the Wolfe County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Wolfe County Jail jail inmates could change, so we suggest that you double check the Wolfe County Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wolfe 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 Wolfe County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (606) 668-3569 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 Wolfe County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Wolfe County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Wolfe County Jail phone number is: (606) 668-3569

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Wolfe 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 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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