Tippecanoe County Jail

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The Tippecanoe County Jail is located at 2640 Duncan Road in Lafayette, IN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Department.

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

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and advice you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Tippecanoe County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tippecanoe County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can also find the same information on anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Tippecanoe County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Tippecanoe County Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will have to answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get released from jail. It also might depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Tippecanoe County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Tippecanoe County Jail before you can visit. This information will be put into the log for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (765) 423-1655 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Tippecanoe County Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

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

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Tippecanoe County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe 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, you are able to check the court records on the Tippecanoe County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Tippecanoe County Jail inmates can change at any time, so be sure to visit the Tippecanoe County Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (765) 423-1655 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 Tippecanoe County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of 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 an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Tippecanoe County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Tippecanoe County Jail phone number is: (765) 423-1655

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make are split 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 Tippecanoe 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 finding 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money 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 phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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