Vincennes Police Jail

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The Vincennes Police Jail is located at 501 Busseron Street in Vincennes, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Vincennes City Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Vincennes Police 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 more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Vincennes Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Vincennes Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. You can find information on anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you enter their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Vincennes Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Vincennes Police Jail includes these steps:

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

First you will have to answer a number of questions, like your legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you will be released. It also might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Vincennes Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Vincennes Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Vincennes Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Vincennes Police Jail at 812-882-1630 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Vincennes Police Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Vincennes Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not normally 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 the 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Vincennes Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Vincennes Police 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 Vincennes Police 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 Vincennes Police 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Knox County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Knox County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Vincennes Police Jail might change, so you should check the Vincennes Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Vincennes Police 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 Vincennes Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 812-882-1630 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 Vincennes Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Vincennes Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and 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, phone privileges may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: 812-882-1630

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Vincennes Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 learning 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 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. In some cases, 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 jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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