Butler Police Jail

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The Butler Police Jail is located at 201 North Broadway Street in Butler, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Butler Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Butler Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Butler Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Butler Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can find the same information about anybody booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you enter their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Butler Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Butler Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some simple questions, such as your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to determine the 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 be released between 9am and noon.

Butler Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Butler Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the jail at 260-868-2171 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Butler Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Butler Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Butler Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Butler 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 Butler 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 Butler 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 court records online or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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 know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail might change, so review the Butler Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Butler 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 Butler Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 260-868-2171 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 Butler Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use 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 purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Butler Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 260-868-2171

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all 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 Butler Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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