Delaware County Jail

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The Delaware County Jail is located at 100 West Washington Street in Muncie, IN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Delaware County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything related to the Delaware County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Delaware County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Delaware County Jail
10. How to Search Delaware County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Delaware County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Delaware County Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. You can get info for anybody booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Delaware County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you have to answer some questions, like your full legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the phone to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. Also, it can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Delaware County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list information about each visitor to the Delaware County Jail in advance. This information will go in the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Delaware County Jail visitation procedures can change, so you should call the jail at (765) 747-7885 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Delaware County Jail you have to be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Delaware County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 old 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 Delaware County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Delaware 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the Delaware County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Delaware County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates change frequently, so be sure to visit the Delaware County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Delaware 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 Delaware County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (765) 747-7885 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 Delaware County Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Delaware County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (765) 747-7885

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the 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 Delaware 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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