How to Contact an Inmate at Shawnee County Jail (KS)

Visiting? Bring valid picture ID for check-in. A driver's license, state ID card, or school ID card all work.

Pack light. Personal belongings aren't allowed in the visitation area. The front lobby has lockers for purses, cell phones, cameras, pagers, radios, coats, and other items.

All incoming mail must go through the U.S. Postal Service. Print the inmate's name and booking/ID number clearly on the envelope or postcard, and include your return name and address. Don't send money in the mail. If you do, it gets returned to sender. No return address? The funds go into the general commissary fund.

Steps to Follow

• ✓ Bring valid picture ID for check-in (for example, a driver’s license, state ID, or school ID)
• ✓ Leave personal belongings out of the visitation area
• ✓ Plan to use the front-lobby lockers for items like purses, cell phones, cameras, pagers, radios, and coats

• ✓ Send mail through the U.S. Postal Service
• ✓ Clearly write the inmate’s name and booking/ID number on the outside of the envelope (or postcard)
• ✓ Put a return name and address on the envelope
• ✓ Do not send money in the mail (mail with money will be returned; if there’s no return address, funds go to the general commissary fund)

Before you go, confirm the current visitation and correspondence rules directly with the facility. Policies change. The details that trip people up (visitation hours, lobby locker procedures, approved ways to send funds) aren't covered here. Double-check which IDs are accepted, what you can bring to the lobby, and the exact mail addressing format, including where to find the correct booking/ID number.