Owen County Jail

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The Owen County Jail is located at 291 Vandalia Avenue in Spencer, IN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Owen County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about everything one might want to know about the Owen County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer advice and information that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and any tips or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Owen County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Owen County Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find the same information on anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you’ve got their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Owen County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Owen County Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer some basic questions, like your legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to contact 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 able to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get released. It also can depend on if you have a cash bond or if a judge has to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to get released that morning.

Owen County Jail Visitation

Inmates must list information about each visitor to the Owen County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Owen County Jail can change, so make sure that you call the jail at (812) 829-4874 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Owen County Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Owen County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 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 Owen County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Owen 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 Owen 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 Owen 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Owen County court website or you can 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. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Owen County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail might change, so review the Owen County Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Owen 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 Owen County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (812) 829-4874 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 Owen County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products including 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 Owen County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (812) 829-4874

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Owen County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 finding out how to lower 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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