Grant County Jail

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The Grant County Jail is located at 210 East Central in Ulysses, KS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Grant County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Grant County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Grant County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Grant County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Grant County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Grant County Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Grant County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Grant County Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get released. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Grant County Jail Visitation

The inmate must list each visitor’s full name to the Grant County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Grant County Jail frequently change, so you should call the official Grant County Jail at (620) 356-3500 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Grant County Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring 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 mobile phones at Grant County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Grant County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Grant 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 Grant 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 Grant 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 think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Grant County court website or you are able to call the court. 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. You should be clear that there is an outstanding 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 Grant County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket and any documents filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to the Grant County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Grant County Jail inmates can change at any time, so visit the Grant County Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Grant 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 Grant County 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 Grant County Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like 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 cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that Grant County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (620) 356-3500

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money 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 Grant County 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 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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