Mortons Gap Police Jail

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The Mortons Gap Police Jail is located at 102 South Main Street in Mortons Gap, KY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mortons Gap Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Mortons Gap Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Mortons Gap Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Hopkins County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that might help others will be welcome.

Mortons Gap Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mortons Gap Police Jail Inmate List is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information on anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Mortons Gap Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Mortons Gap Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the telephone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be released. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if a judge must decide on your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Mortons Gap Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s name to the Mortons Gap Police Jail in advance. This information will be entered in the visitation log for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Mortons Gap Police Jail can change, so call the jail at 270-258-5362 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Mortons Gap Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Mortons Gap Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get 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 under the age of 18 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 magazines to an inmate at the Mortons Gap Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mortons Gap 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 Mortons Gap 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 Mortons Gap 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 access arrest warrants online or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and all 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 in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Hopkins County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to 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, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail are always changing, so it would be best to visit the Mortons Gap Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mortons Gap 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 Mortons Gap Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 270-258-5362 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 Mortons Gap Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want 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 inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These products 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 Mortons Gap Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about 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 jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 270-258-5362

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 money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Mortons Gap Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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