Garden Plain Police Jail

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The Garden Plain Police Jail is located at 509 North Main Street in Garden Plain, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Garden Plain Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Garden Plain Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might help others is much appreciated.

Garden Plain Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Garden Plain Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information on anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information faster if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Garden Plain Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Garden Plain Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some simple questions, like your legal name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Garden Plain Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Garden Plain Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at 316-531-2222 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Garden Plain Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Garden Plain 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 normally approved.

If a 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Garden Plain Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Garden Plain 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 Garden Plain 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 Garden Plain 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the website or call the jail directly. This requires a 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 first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Sedgwick County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to the Sedgwick County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Garden Plain Police Jail inmates are always changing, so we suggest that you review the Garden Plain Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Garden Plain 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 Garden Plain Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 316-531-2222 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 Garden Plain Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of 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 cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Garden Plain Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 316-531-2222

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Garden Plain 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 is 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 will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 Garden Plain Police Jail, click the link below.

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