Owenton Police Jail

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The Owenton Police Jail is located at 220 South Main Street in Owenton, KY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Owenton Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Owenton Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Owenton Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you info you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Owenton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Owenton Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information on anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Owenton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Owenton Police Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get 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 post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a judge must figure out your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Owenton Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Owenton Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so call the facility at 502-484-2313 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Owenton Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Owenton Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 Owenton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Owenton 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 Owenton 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 Owenton 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at the Owen County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Owenton Police Jail inmates might change, so it would be best to double check the Owenton Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Owenton 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 Owenton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 502-484-2313 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 Owenton 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 every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Owenton Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

The Owenton Police Jail phone number is: 502-484-2313

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all 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 Owenton Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local 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 calling 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. There are some prisons or jails where 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 facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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