Carrollton Police Jail

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The Carrollton Police Jail is located at 750 Clay Street in Carrollton, KY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Carrollton Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Carrollton Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Carrollton Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Carrollton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Carrollton Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get information about anyone processed 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 their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Carrollton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Carrollton Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get released. Also, it can depend on if you have a cash bond or if the judge must determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Carrollton Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name to the Carrollton Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will have to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Carrollton Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Carrollton Police Jail at 502-732-6621 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Carrollton Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Carrollton Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not 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 younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 Carrollton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Carrollton 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 Carrollton 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 Carrollton 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Carroll County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear 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, as well as their arrest date, contact the Carroll County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to the Carroll County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, 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 offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail is likely to change, so visit the Carrollton Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Carrollton 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 Carrollton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 502-732-6621 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 Carrollton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Carrollton Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Carrollton Police Jail phone number is: 502-732-6621

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all 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 Carrollton Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 learning 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 facility 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 Carrollton Police Jail, click the link below.

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