Ulysses Police Jail

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The Ulysses Police Jail is located at 210 East Central Avenue in Ulysses, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ulysses Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything a person needs to know about the Ulysses Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Grant County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Ulysses Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ulysses Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals currently in custody, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info for anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Ulysses Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. This process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it can depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Ulysses Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give information about each visitor to the Ulysses Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Ulysses Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the official Ulysses Police Jail at 620-356-3500 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Ulysses Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Ulysses Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain 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 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 Ulysses Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ulysses 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 Ulysses 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 Ulysses 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 you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Grant County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so review the Ulysses Police Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ulysses 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 Ulysses Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 620-356-3500 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 Ulysses Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from 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 inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Ulysses Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally 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 you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 620-356-3500

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Ulysses Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 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 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their inmate 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 Ulysses Police Jail, click the link below.

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