Cave City Police Jail

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The Cave City Police Jail is located at 103 Duke Street in Cave City, KY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cave City Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything related to the Cave City Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Cave City Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Barren County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that could help others will be much appreciated.

Cave City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cave City Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who are in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get information on anyone booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information quicker if you enter their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Cave City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Cave City Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you must answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the phone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will be released. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Cave City Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s full name to the Cave City Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the jail at 270-773-2441 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Cave City Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Cave City Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Cave City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cave City 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 Cave City 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 Cave City 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check court records online or 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 one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records online, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to the Barren County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Cave City Police Jail change frequently, so be sure to double check the Cave City Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cave City 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 Cave City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 270-773-2441 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 Cave City Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely 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 an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

All phone calls from the Cave City Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep 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 calls could be reduced or totally denied.

The Cave City Police Jail phone number is: 270-773-2441

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services 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 Cave City Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 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 significantly on calling your inmate. 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 has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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