West Buechel Police Jail

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The West Buechel Police Jail is located at 3705 Bashford Avenue in West Buechel, KY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the West Buechel Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything one might want to know about the West Buechel Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would help others will be welcome.

West Buechel Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The West Buechel Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information about anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

West Buechel Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the West Buechel Police Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, 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 be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

West Buechel Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the West Buechel Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The West Buechel Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 502-459-4401 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the West Buechel Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at West Buechel Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the West Buechel Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the West Buechel 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 West Buechel 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 West Buechel 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Jefferson County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred 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 are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates change frequently, so be sure to check the West Buechel Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at West Buechel 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 West Buechel Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 502-459-4401 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 West Buechel Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 West Buechel Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The West Buechel Police Jail phone number is: 502-459-4401

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 West Buechel Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call 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 West Buechel Police Jail, click the link below.

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