Vigo County Jail

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The Vigo County Jail is located at 121 Oak Street in Terre Haute, IN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Vigo County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Vigo County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Vigo County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Vigo County Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get information for anybody processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Vigo County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. It also might depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Vigo County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Vigo County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Vigo County Jail frequently change, so call the jail at (812) 462-3367 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Vigo County Jail you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Vigo County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Vigo County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Vigo 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 Vigo 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 Vigo 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Vigo County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Vigo County Jail change frequently, so we suggest that you visit the Vigo County Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Vigo 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 Vigo County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (812) 462-3367 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 Vigo County Jail store. Inmates can purchase 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the Vigo County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (812) 462-3367

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Vigo 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 factors 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 decrease 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 won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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