Knox County Jail

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The Knox County Jail is located at 11540 Upper Gilchrist Road in Mount Vernon, OH and is a medium security county jail operated by the Knox County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything related to the Knox County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Knox County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Knox County Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who are in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info about anyone booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Knox County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Knox County Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you have a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Knox County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Knox County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Knox County Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at (740) 392-5245 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Knox County Jail you must be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Knox County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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, 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 magazines to an inmate at the Knox County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Knox 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 Knox 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 Knox 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check court records on the Knox County court website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Knox County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Knox County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to the Knox County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Knox County Jail can change at any time, so you should double check the Knox County Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Knox 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 Knox County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (740) 392-5245 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 Knox County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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, as well as 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 Knox County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls may be limited or cut altogether.

The Knox County Jail phone number is: (740) 392-5245

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Knox County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 figuring 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 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 Knox County Jail, click the link below.

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