Doniphan County Jail

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The Doniphan County Jail is located at 219 South Main Street in Troy, KS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Doniphan County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

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Who’s In Jail

The Doniphan County Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. You can find info on anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Doniphan County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Doniphan County Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process will take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. It also depends on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Doniphan County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Doniphan County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Doniphan County Jail at (785) 985-3711 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Doniphan County Jail you must be on their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Doniphan County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Doniphan County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Doniphan County 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 Doniphan County 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 Doniphan County 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 on the Doniphan County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. 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.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates could change, so we suggest that you visit the Doniphan County Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Doniphan County 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 Doniphan County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (785) 985-3711 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 Doniphan County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the Doniphan County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden.

The Doniphan County Jail phone number is: (785) 985-3711

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Doniphan County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 jail 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 Doniphan County Jail, click the link below.

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