Carbondale Police Jail

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The Carbondale Police Jail is located at 202 Main Street in Carbondale, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Carbondale Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything related to the Carbondale Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Carbondale Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Carbondale Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Carbondale Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Carbondale Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will have to answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be released that morning.

Carbondale Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide information about each visitor to the Carbondale Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go into the log for the inmate. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 785-836-7377 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Carbondale Police Jail you have to have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Carbondale Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Carbondale Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Carbondale 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 Carbondale 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 Carbondale 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the 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 one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, 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 jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like 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 process for sending money to someone in jail is likely to change, so be sure to check the Carbondale Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Carbondale 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 Carbondale Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 785-836-7377 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 Carbondale Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely 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 items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust 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 Carbondale Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 785-836-7377

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make 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 Carbondale Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 jail 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 Carbondale Police Jail, click the link below.

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