Spencer Police Jail

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The Spencer Police Jail is located at 80 North West Street in Spencer, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Spencer Police Department.

This page tells you info about everything you might need to know about the Spencer 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 designed to give information and tips that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Spencer Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Spencer Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get info for anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate the information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Spencer Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Spencer Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the telephone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, it can depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge must figure out your bail amount. For a minor charge, 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 release date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Spencer Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Spencer Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Spencer Police Jail are always changing, so call the jail at 812-829-3932 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Spencer Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Spencer Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Spencer Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Spencer 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 Spencer 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 Spencer 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the Owen County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Owen County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. 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 may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

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

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Spencer 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 Spencer Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 812-829-3932 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 Spencer Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want 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 products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Spencer Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Spencer Police Jail phone number is: 812-829-3932

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make are split 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 Spencer Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 lower 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 won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 Spencer Police Jail, click the link below.

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