Kettering City Jail

To search for an inmate in the Kettering City Jail, review their criminal charges, the amount of their bond, when they can get visits, or even view their mugshot, go to the Official Jail Inmate Roster, or call the jail at 937-296-2555 for the information you are looking for.

Kettering City Jail Inmate Search

Montgomery County maintains an average of 868 inmates in custody on any given day (in all jails combined). The jails have a weekly turnover of 55% of their population. Every year Montgomery County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain approximately 17,360 offenders.

The following charts of Montgomery County inmate population demographics are updated daily. The information shown is for 5/28/2023. For research purposes we have broken down the inmates by sex, age, ethnicity, and criminal charges.

The information is compiled from Montgomery County, the state of Ohio, as well as the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau records.

For complete information on how to bond, visit, mail, send and receive email, receive phone calls, send money or commissary to an inmate, find information in this and other counties, and view the Most Wanted Fugitives, scroll down this page.

For a collection of over 20 additional graphs and charts of the demographic and criminal arrest information of the inmates in Montgomery County and Ohio state prisons, click the button below.
Montgomery County INMATE DEMOGRAPHICS

How Do I Receive Phone Calls from an Inmate in the Kettering City Jail?

How Do Inmates in Kettering City Jail Make Phone Calls?

To receive phone calls from inmates in Montgomery County, or to assist them in making phone calls to other people, follow these steps:

• Register here,

• contact them online, or

• call 800-729-8355 if you want to speak to an agent.

For all the information regarding phone calls with Montgomery County inmates; rules, policies, phone calling times, costs, limits, tablet rental and more visit our Inmate Phone Page.

How Can I Communicate with an Inmate in the Kettering City Jail using an Online Messaging Service?

inteleMESSAGE by Pay Tel is a service in which Montgomery County inmates can use tablets to send messages to any friend or family member that has set up an on-line prepaid or direct bill account with Pay Tel. 

How inteleMESSAGE Works

1. The Kettering City Jail inmate must contact you first in order to activate messaging for your account.
2. Once an inmate has messaged you, you are then able to visit the Pay Tel website, log in, read and respond to his or her messages. 
3. When you log in and follow the inteleMESSAGE™ link, you will be asked if you want to accept messages from your Montgomery County inmate. If you accept, you will then be able to read any inmate message that has been sent to you.
4. An on-line prepaid or direct bill account is required to use messaging. 
5. You must visit the Pay Tel website, login to your account, and follow the inteleMESSAGE™ link in order to send or check for messages. You will not be notified of messages by any other method.
6. All messages are subject to monitoring and review and should never be used for privileged attorney-inmate communications.
7. If a message is rejected for any reason, the sender’s account will be automatically credited for the cost of the message.
8. Free messages which are rejected will not be refunded or restored.

Cost to send messages

1. The sender of the message is charged $.50 per message. Rates are subject to change.
2. For friends and family outside of a facility, this amount is deducted from the prepaid account balance or charged to your direct bill account.
3. For inmates, the amount is charged to the inmate and deducted from the inmate’s debit account.
4. There is no charge to read a message that was sent to you.

Paytel App Download

Check to see if Tablets are Available in Kettering City Jail for rent to your inmate. Tablets can be used for phone calls, messaging, education, and entertainment.

How to Send a Secure Email Message to an Inmate in Montgomery County

To send a secure email message to an inmate in Kettering City Jail follow these steps:

How inteleMESSAGE Works

• The Kettering City Jail inmate must contact you first in order to activate messaging for your account.
• Once an inmate has messaged you, you are then able to visit the Pay Tel website, log in, read and respond to his or her messages. 
• When you log in and follow the inteleMESSAGE™ link, you will be asked if you want to accept messages from your Montgomery County inmate. If you accept, you will then be able to read any inmate message that has been sent to you.

For all information on rates, and how to Text/Email an Inmate in Kettering City Jail check out our Secure Messaging Guide for Montgomery County.

Do Inmates in the Kettering City Jail have Access to Tablets or Computers?

Paytel Tablets can be rented by inmates housed in the Kettering City Jail for a small monthly fee.  

Tablets can be used by inmates, for the following things:

• Phone Calls
• Messages (email / texts)
• Educational applications
• Entertainment (movies, games, television, music)
• Kettering City Jail information (rules, guidelines, visitation schedules, etc.)
• Legal research
• Medical requests
• Programs (anger management, drug recovery, job skills, parenting, etc.)

Contact Paytel online, or call the Kettering City Jail directly at 937-296-2555 to rent a tablet for your inmate.

If you want download the Paytel App, click the image below:

Tablets Rentals Offer Great Solutions for Inmates at the Kettering City Jail

How can you rent a tablet for an inmate in Montgomery County? Read the following:

Tablets can be used by inmates, for the following things:

• Phone Calls
• Messages (email / texts)
• Educational applications and Entertainment
• Legal Research
• and much more!

Contact Paytel online, or call the Kettering City Jail directly at 937-296-2555 to rent a tablet for your inmate.

To find out everything you need to know about renting a tablet, what it can be used for, how much it costs, and more, check out our Tablet Page for Kettering City Jail.

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