Eddyville Police Jail

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The Eddyville Police Jail is located at 419 Dogwood Avenue in Eddyville, KY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Eddyville Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Eddyville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Eddyville Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can also find info for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Eddyville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Eddyville Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or 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 full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Eddyville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s name to the Eddyville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will go into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the jail at 270-388-2287 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Eddyville Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Eddyville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Eddyville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Eddyville 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 Eddyville 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 Eddyville 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 access arrest warrants inquiry on the Lyon County jail website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Lyon County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file containing a docket and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to 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 it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail could change, so visit the Eddyville Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Eddyville 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 Eddyville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 270-388-2287 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 Eddyville Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Eddyville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on 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 break the jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 270-388-2287

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Eddyville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone call 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 Eddyville Police Jail, click the link below.

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