Council Grove Police Jail

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The Council Grove Police Jail is located at 303 West Main Street in Council Grove, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Council Grove Police Department.

This page tells you info about anything you might need to know about the Council Grove Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Morris County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Council Grove Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Council Grove Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people currently in custody, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can get information on anyone processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Council Grove Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Council Grove Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a phone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Council Grove Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Council Grove Police Jail before you can visit. This information will go in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 620-767-5200 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Council Grove Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved 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 cellphones at Council Grove Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Council Grove Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Council Grove Police 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 Council Grove Police 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 Council Grove Police 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, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Morris County court website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. 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 know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Morris County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Council Grove Police Jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you double check the Council Grove Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Council Grove Police 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 Council Grove Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 620-767-5200 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 Council Grove Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment 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, 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 Council Grove Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions 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 break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

The Council Grove Police Jail phone number is: 620-767-5200

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Council Grove Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 learning how to lower 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 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 money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Council Grove Police Jail, click the link below.

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