Jasper County Jail

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The Jasper County Jail is located at 2171 North McKinley Avenue in Rensselaer, IN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Jasper County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Jasper County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jasper County Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find the same information on anybody processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Jasper County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Jasper County Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone in order to 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, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you have a bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Jasper County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Jasper County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. All visitors has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the facility at (219) 866-4993 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Jasper County Jail you must be on their visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Jasper County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a 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 of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Jasper County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jasper 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 Jasper 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 Jasper 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants on the Jasper County jail website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to the Jasper County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a 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 find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail could change, so be sure to check the Jasper County Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jasper 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 Jasper County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (219) 866-4993 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 Jasper County Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Jasper County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Jasper County Jail phone number is: (219) 866-4993

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 off of 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 Jasper 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 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 Jasper County Jail, click the link below.

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