Dearborn County Jail

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The Dearborn County Jail is located at 301 West High Street in Lawrenceburg, IN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department.

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

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer advice and information that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Dearborn County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dearborn County Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information for anybody booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their arrest information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Dearborn County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Dearborn County Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You must answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to be released in the morning.

Dearborn County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Dearborn County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the jail at (812) 537-8719 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Dearborn County Jail you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Dearborn County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Dearborn County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dearborn 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 Dearborn 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 Dearborn 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Dearborn County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Dearborn County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Dearborn County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug 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 process for sending funds to inmates at the Dearborn County Jail change frequently, so be sure to visit the Dearborn County Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dearborn 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 Dearborn County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (812) 537-8719 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 Dearborn County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need 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 items that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Dearborn County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to 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, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (812) 537-8719

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money 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 Dearborn County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 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 keeps up to date 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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