Burns Police Jail

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The Burns Police Jail is located at 102 North Washington Avenue in Burns, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Burns Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Burns Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Burns Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Burns Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Burns Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. You can also find info for anybody booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Burns Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Burns Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a phone call to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. This process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. Also, it might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge needs to determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Burns Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Burns Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 620-726-5819 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Burns Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Burns Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Burns Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Burns 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 Burns 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 Burns 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. 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 their arrest date, contact the Marion County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and all documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to the Marion County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Burns Police Jail is likely to change, so be sure to review the Burns Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Burns 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 Burns Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 620-726-5819 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 Burns Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Burns Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must 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 completely.

The Burns Police Jail phone number is: 620-726-5819

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every 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 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 Burns Police Jail. The prices 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 finding out how to lower 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 jail 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 Burns Police Jail, click the link below.

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