Hudson Police Jail

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The Hudson Police Jail is located at 115 West Parsonage Street in Hudson, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hudson Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Hudson Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Hudson Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Hudson Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hudson Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Hudson Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Hudson Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some questions, such as your full legal name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be released. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Hudson Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Hudson Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Hudson Police Jail are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Hudson Police Jail at 260-587-3500 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Hudson Police Jail you have to be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Hudson Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually 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 a 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Hudson Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hudson 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 Hudson 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 Hudson 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check court records on the website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that contains a docket and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Hudson Police Jail inmates change frequently, so be sure to review the Hudson Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hudson 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 Hudson Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 260-587-3500 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 Hudson Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Hudson Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 260-587-3500

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Hudson Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 can save you money.

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

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