Carmel Police Jail

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The Carmel Police Jail is located at 3 Civic Square in Carmel, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Carmel Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything you might need to know about the Carmel Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Carmel Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Hamilton County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Carmel Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Carmel Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get information for anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Carmel Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Carmel Police Jail includes these steps:

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

First you must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the telephone to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be freed. Also, it depends on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the judge has to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Carmel Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Carmel Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Carmel Police Jail at 317-571-2500 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Carmel Police Jail you must be added to their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Carmel Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 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 Carmel Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Carmel 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 Carmel 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 Carmel 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 access court records online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Hamilton County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the Hamilton 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 connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, 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 money to someone in jail might change, so it would be best to check the Carmel Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Carmel 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 Carmel Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 317-571-2500 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 Carmel Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection 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, 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 Carmel Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls may be limited or totally denied.

The Carmel Police Jail phone number is: 317-571-2500

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 the prices. 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 Carmel 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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