Floyd County Jail

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The Floyd County Jail is located at 311 Hauss Square in New Albany, IN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Floyd County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Floyd County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Floyd County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Floyd County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Floyd County Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find info about anyone processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate their inmate information faster if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Floyd County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Floyd 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.

The first step is that you will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to get released that morning.

Floyd County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Floyd County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor has to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Floyd County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at (812) 948-5400 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Floyd County Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Floyd County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain 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 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 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 Floyd County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Floyd 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 Floyd 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 Floyd 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check court records online or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates might change, so be sure to visit the Floyd County Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Floyd 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 Floyd County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (812) 948-5400 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 Floyd County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Floyd County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Floyd County Jail phone number is: (812) 948-5400

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Floyd County 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 figuring 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 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. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Floyd County Jail, click the link below.

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