Battle Ground Police Jail

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The Battle Ground Police Jail is located at 100 College Street in Battle Ground, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Battle Ground Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything related to the Battle Ground Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Battle Ground Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Tippecanoe County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

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

Battle Ground Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Battle Ground Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information on anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Battle Ground Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Battle Ground Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, plan to get released that morning.

Battle Ground Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Battle Ground Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Battle Ground Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the jail at 765-567-2223 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No phones at Battle Ground Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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, this 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 Battle Ground Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Battle Ground 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 Battle Ground 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 Battle Ground 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant, you can access court records on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Tippecanoe County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Tippecanoe County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete 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 driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Battle Ground Police Jail are always changing, so you should check the Battle Ground Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Battle Ground 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 Battle Ground Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 765-567-2223 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 Battle Ground Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items 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 Battle Ground Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Battle Ground Police Jail phone number is: 765-567-2223

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set 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 Battle Ground Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 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 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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