Salem Police Jail

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The Salem Police Jail is located at 38 Public Square in Salem, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Salem Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Salem Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Salem Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others is welcome.

Salem Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Salem Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get the same information about anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Salem Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Salem Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

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

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process takes between 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Salem Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Salem Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will go in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Salem Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 812-883-1524 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Salem Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Salem Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not 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 old and is not a family member of 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 Salem Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Salem 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 Salem 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 Salem 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 check court records on the Washington County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access the court records online, or at the Washington County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Washington County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Salem Police Jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you review the Salem Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Salem 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 Salem Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 812-883-1524 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 Salem Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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

All phone calls from the Salem Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 812-883-1524

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from 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 Salem Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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