Darke County Jail

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The Darke County Jail is located at 5185 County Home Road in Greenville, OH and is a medium security county jail operated by the Darke County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the Darke County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Darke County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Darke County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Darke County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Darke County Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find information for anybody booked or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Darke County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Darke County Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

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

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take from 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge has to determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Darke County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Darke County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so you should call the facility at (937) 548-3399 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Darke County Jail you must first have your name on this person’s 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 at Darke County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Darke County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Darke County 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 Darke County 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 Darke County 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 an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants online or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Darke County Jail can change at any time, so you should check the Darke County Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Darke County 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 Darke County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (937) 548-3399 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 Darke County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from 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 purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Darke County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should 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 privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

The Darke County Jail phone number is: (937) 548-3399

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Darke County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 finding out 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 calling your inmate. 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 phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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