Spencer County Jail

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The Spencer County Jail is located at 120 North 2nd Street in Rockport, IN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Spencer County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Spencer County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Spencer County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer advice and information that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that would help others would be much appreciated.

Spencer County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Spencer County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information about anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information faster if you enter their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Spencer County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Spencer County Jail takes you through these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you have to answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the telephone in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge must decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Spencer County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide information about each visitor to the Spencer County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered into the log for the inmate. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at (812) 649-2286 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Spencer County Jail you must first have your name on this person’s 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 cellphones are allowed at Spencer County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Spencer County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Spencer 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 Spencer 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 Spencer 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 arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Spencer County jail, on the phone, go there 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 records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates change frequently, so we suggest that you double check the Spencer County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Spencer 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 Spencer County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (812) 649-2286 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 Spencer County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products 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 Spencer County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (812) 649-2286

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Spencer County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 learning how to decrease 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 cases like this, the facility 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 Spencer County Jail, click the link below.

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