Eminence Police Jail is a municipal / police jail facility located at 5115 South Main Street PO Box 163 Eminence, KY 40019,and servicing Eminence. Municipal / Police Jail facilities, often known as city jails or town jails, usually hold pre-trial detainees. They are usually the first place a person is taken post-arrest, if the arrest occurs within the municipality or if the city jail is a designated holding place for nearby municipalities. It is not uncommon for a city jail to be the designated holding facility for nearby municipalities, especially in sparsely populated areas. However, upon arrest people may also be transferred to a county jail facility. Therefore, you may need to contact multiple jails to locate an individual immediately after the individual has been arrested. Eminence Police Jail's phone number is 502-845-4744 502 845-4159 .Friends and family who are attempting to locate a recently detained loved one can use that number to find out if the person is being held at Eminence Police Jail If you need to send a fax to the facility, you can use their fax number: 502 845-8066.

Generally, municipal jails are pre-trial holding facilities. However, they may also be post-conviction incarceration facilities for people convicted of minor crimes, generally misdemeanors. Usually supervised by a municipal police chief in conjunction with other local government leaders, jails offer a large amount of flexibility for those being detained and a post-conviction environment that is generally smaller and safer than a prison setting. The drawback of a jail setting is that municipal jails usually lack the access to prison programming that one finds in prison settings, so that inmates may be unable to access education, vocational, or addiction programming.

If you have a loved one being detained in Eminence Police Jail, then you need to follow the jail's instructions for inmate phone calls. Eminence Police Jail's website, http://www.eminenceky.com/police.htm can provide additional information about mailing packages to inmates.

If you have a friend or loved one who is a pre-trial detainee at Eminence Police Jail you probably have many questions about the post-arrest legal process. The reality is that legal professionals are your best resource for answering these questions, because every individual faces different circumstances once arrested. Advice that is helpful for one person could actually be detrimental to another person. This is where bail bond services and criminal defense attorneys become invaluable resources. For example, many pre-trial detainees are eligible for pre-trial release, which an attorney can negotiate and a bail bond service can help you secure. Additionally, while criminal defendants are entitled to state appointed attorneys, this right may not apply if a defendant is only facing misdemeanor charges, even though the consequences of a misdemeanor conviction can still be significant. Consulting with a defense attorney about options is one way to try to ensure that your loved one's rights are protected during his or her interactions with the criminal justice system.