Nortonville Police Jail

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The Nortonville Police Jail is located at 407 Main Street in Nortonville, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Nortonville Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Nortonville Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Nortonville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Jefferson County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and advice you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that could help others would be much appreciated.

Nortonville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Nortonville Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find info for anyone booked or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get the information more quickly if you enter their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Nortonville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Nortonville Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process may take from 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Nortonville Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Nortonville Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put in the visitors log for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 913-886-2060 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Nortonville Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Nortonville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Nortonville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Nortonville 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 Nortonville 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 Nortonville 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Nortonville Police Jail change frequently, so you should visit the Nortonville Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Nortonville 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 Nortonville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 913-886-2060 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 Nortonville Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase 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 Nortonville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Nortonville Police Jail phone number is: 913-886-2060

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 these phone service providers make off of 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 Nortonville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 figuring out 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 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 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 or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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