Shelby County Jail

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The Shelby County Jail is located at 1000 Detention Road in Shelbyville, KY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about anything related to the Shelby County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Shelby County court records, and lots more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info that you’ll need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Shelby County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Shelby County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info about anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Shelby County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Shelby County Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Shelby County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s name to the Shelby County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Shelby County Jail change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at (502) 633-2343 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Shelby County Jail you have to be added to this person’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 Shelby County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. 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 normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Shelby County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Shelby 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 Shelby 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 Shelby 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file containing a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Shelby County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail could change, so we suggest that you visit the Shelby County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Shelby 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 Shelby County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (502) 633-2343 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 Shelby County Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Shelby County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive 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 you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Shelby County Jail phone number is: (502) 633-2343

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Shelby 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 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, the jail 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 Shelby County Jail, click the link below.

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