Danville Police Jail

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The Danville Police Jail is located at 410 West Main Street in Danville, KY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Danville Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Danville Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Danville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help others will be much appreciated.

Danville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Danville Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information about anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information fast if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Danville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Danville Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone so you can get in touch with 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 able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you have a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Danville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Danville Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Danville Police Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 859-238-1224 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Danville Police Jail you have to first 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 without it.

No cellphones at Danville Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Danville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Danville 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 Danville 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 Danville 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Boyle County jail website or you are able to call the jail. 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 you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Boyle County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the Boyle County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Danville Police Jail can change at any time, so review the Danville Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Danville 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 Danville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 859-238-1224 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 Danville Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, 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 commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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 Danville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

The Danville Police Jail phone number is: 859-238-1224

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits 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 Danville 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 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 finding out 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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