Fort Thomas Police Jail

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The Fort Thomas Police Jail is located at 130 North Fort Thomas Avenue in Fort Thomas, KY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fort Thomas Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Fort Thomas Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Fort Thomas Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and advice that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Fort Thomas Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fort Thomas Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Fort Thomas Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Fort Thomas Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you will get discharged. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get released in the morning.

Fort Thomas Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s full name to the Fort Thomas Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the facility at 859-572-1228 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Fort Thomas Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Fort Thomas Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Fort Thomas Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fort Thomas 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 Fort Thomas 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 Fort Thomas 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, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Campbell County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Campbell County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Fort Thomas Police Jail are always changing, so you should check the Fort Thomas Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fort Thomas 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 Fort Thomas Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 859-572-1228 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 Fort Thomas Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Fort Thomas Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 859-572-1228

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Fort Thomas Police Jail. The prices 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 learning how to lower 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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