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Williamstown Police Jail Information

Address

Williamstown Police Jail
400 North Main Street
Williamstown, KY 41097-1026

Phone Number

Phone: 859-824-3353

The Williamstown Police Jail is located at 400 North Main Street in Williamstown, KY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Williamstown Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything related to the Williamstown Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Williamstown Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend that has gone to jail and need to contact them? Do you know a friend or family member who’s been arrested and you need to locate them?

To see who’s in jail at the Williamstown Police Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Williamstown Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find the same information for anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Williamstown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Williamstown Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be released that morning.

Williamstown Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Williamstown Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 859-824-3353 before you try to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Williamstown Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved 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 without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Williamstown Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 magazines to an inmate at the Williamstown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Williamstown 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to an inmate at Williamstown Police Jail:

Williamstown Police Jail
400 North Main Street
Williamstown, KY 41097-1026

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Williamstown Police Jail
400 North Main Street
Williamstown, KY 41097-1026

The Williamstown Police Jail mail policy changes often, so it would be best to visit the official website before you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Williamstown 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 Williamstown 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Grant County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Williamstown Police Jail jail inmates might change, so you should double check the Williamstown Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Williamstown 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 Williamstown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 859-824-3353 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 inmateâ€™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 Williamstown Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Williamstown Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden.

The Williamstown Police Jail phone number is: 859-824-3353

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits 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 Williamstown Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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