Topeka Police Jail

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The Topeka Police Jail is located at 101 South Main Street in Topeka, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Topeka Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything related to the Topeka Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Topeka Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Lagrange County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Topeka Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Topeka Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find the same information for anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Topeka Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Topeka Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some questions, such as your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge has to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Topeka Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Topeka Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be put in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. All visitors will be required to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

The Topeka Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 260-593-2822 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Topeka Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Topeka Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Topeka Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Topeka 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 Topeka 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 Topeka 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear 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 name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Lagrange County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Lagrange County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions 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 like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so you should double check the Topeka Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Topeka 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 Topeka Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 260-593-2822 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 Topeka Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want 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 products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Topeka Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to 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, phone calls might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 260-593-2822

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, 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 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 Topeka Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Topeka Police Jail, click the link below.

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