Marshall County Jail

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The Marshall County Jail is located at 1400 Pioneer Drive in Plymouth, IN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about everything related to the Marshall County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Marshall County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Marshall County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Marshall County Jail Inmate List is a list of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can also find info for anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Marshall County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Marshall County Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a telephone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. So, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get released. It also depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Marshall County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Marshall County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the jail at (574) 936-3187 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Marshall County Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Marshall County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 Marshall County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Marshall 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 Marshall 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 Marshall 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 court records on the Marshall County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. 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 there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Marshall County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at 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 linked together so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Marshall County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, 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.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail could change, so be sure to review the Marshall County Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Marshall 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 Marshall County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (574) 936-3187 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 Marshall County Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Marshall County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (574) 936-3187

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from 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 Marshall County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to lower 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. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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