Greeley County Jail

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The Greeley County Jail is located at 208 East Harper Street in Tribune, KS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Greeley County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Greeley County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Greeley County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Greeley County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that could help others will be much appreciated.

Greeley County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Greeley County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get the same information for anybody processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find the information fast if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Greeley County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Greeley County Jail takes you through the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer some questions, like your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask 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 get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Greeley County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give information about each visitor to the Greeley County Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will go in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the official Greeley County Jail at (620) 376-4233 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Greeley County Jail you must be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Greeley County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 Greeley County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Greeley 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 Greeley 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 Greeley 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 an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the court records online or you are able to 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 ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Greeley County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Greeley County Jail inmates might change, so you should visit the Greeley County Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Greeley 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 Greeley County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (620) 376-4233 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 Greeley County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need 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 purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items 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 Greeley County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Greeley County Jail phone number is: (620) 376-4233

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Greeley County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their 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 Greeley County Jail, click the link below.

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