Arkansas City Police Jail

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The Arkansas City Police Jail is located at 117 West Central Avenue in Arkansas City, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Arkansas City Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything related to the Arkansas City Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Arkansas City Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

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

Arkansas City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Arkansas City Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find information on anybody processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Arkansas City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Arkansas City Police Jail includes these 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.

The first step is that you have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a phone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it might depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the judge still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Arkansas City Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name to the Arkansas City Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be put into the visitation log as an approved visitor. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 620-441-4444 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Arkansas City Police Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Arkansas City Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 Arkansas City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Arkansas City Police 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 Arkansas City Police 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 Arkansas City Police 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you 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 find out online. An arrest is public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Cowley County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail might change, so check the Arkansas City Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Arkansas City Police 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 Arkansas City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 620-441-4444 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 Arkansas City Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably 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 inmates can purchase if they have money 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 Arkansas City Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to 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 break the rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 620-441-4444

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. 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 Arkansas City Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 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 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 Arkansas City Police Jail, click the link below.

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