Montgomery County Jail

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The Montgomery County Jail is located at 751 Chenault Lane in Mt Sterling, KY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the Montgomery County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Montgomery County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Montgomery County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and advice you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Montgomery County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Montgomery County Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who are in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can find info on anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you have their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Montgomery County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Montgomery County Jail includes each of the following steps:

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

First, you have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, it depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate must figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, plan to get released that morning.

Montgomery County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Montgomery County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor must provide identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Montgomery County Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at (859) 498-8747 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Montgomery 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 visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Montgomery County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not 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 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 Montgomery County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 check arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the 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, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Montgomery County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Montgomery County Jail is likely to change, so it would be best to review the Montgomery County Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Montgomery 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 Montgomery County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (859) 498-8747 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 Montgomery County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear 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 an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Montgomery County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Montgomery County Jail phone number is: (859) 498-8747

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control 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 Montgomery 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t 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 phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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