Martin County Jail

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The Martin County Jail is located at 100 Main Street in Inez, KY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Martin County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything related to the Martin County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Martin County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Martin County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can get the same information about anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Martin County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Martin County Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. It also will depend on if you have a bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Martin County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Martin County Jail in advance. This information will be entered into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at (606) 298-2828 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Martin County Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Martin County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Martin County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Martin 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 Martin 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 Martin 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the Martin County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Martin County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Martin County Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so we suggest that you double check the Martin County Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Martin 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 Martin County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (606) 298-2828 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 Martin County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds 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 Martin County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (606) 298-2828

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every 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 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 Martin County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 cases like this, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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