Decatur County Jail

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The Decatur County Jail is located at 119 East Railroad Street in Greensburg, IN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Decatur County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Decatur County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Decatur County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Decatur County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people currently in custody, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information for anyone processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Decatur County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

You must answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you can get out of jail. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Decatur County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Decatur County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Decatur County Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (812) 222-5245 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Decatur County Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Decatur County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Decatur County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Decatur 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 Decatur 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 Decatur 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Decatur County jail website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Decatur County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Decatur County Jail is likely to change, so be sure to review the Decatur County Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Decatur 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 Decatur County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (812) 222-5245 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 Decatur County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Decatur County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Decatur County Jail phone number is: (812) 222-5245

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Decatur County Jail. The prices 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 state prisons and local 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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