Rockport Police Jail

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The Rockport Police Jail is located at 426 Main Street in Rockport, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Rockport Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Rockport Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Rockport Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rockport Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info for anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Rockport Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Rockport Police Jail is made up of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to get released that morning.

Rockport Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Rockport Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 812-649-2242 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Rockport Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Rockport Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Rockport Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rockport 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 Rockport 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 Rockport 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 access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Spencer County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Rockport Police Jail might change, so double check the Rockport Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rockport 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 Rockport Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 812-649-2242 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 Rockport Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Rockport Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Rockport Police Jail phone number is: 812-649-2242

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Rockport Police Jail. The prices 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call 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 Rockport Police Jail, click the link below.

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