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Columbia City Police Jail Information

Address

Columbia City Police Jail
112 South Chauncey Street
Columbia City, IN 46725-2347

Phone Number

Phone: 260-248-5121

The Columbia City Police Jail is located at 112 South Chauncey Street in Columbia City, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Columbia City Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Columbia City Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Columbia City Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that could help others would be welcome.

Columbia City Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that has gone to jail and need to contact them? Do you know somebody who’s been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

To look up who’s in jail at the Columbia City Police Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Columbia City Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. You can also find the same information on anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Columbia City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Columbia City Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

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

They will let you make a phone call so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. This process takes anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. It also depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Columbia City Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Columbia City Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go in the visitors log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor has to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Columbia City Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the jail at 260-248-5121 before you go.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Columbia City Police Jail you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Columbia City Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Columbia City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Columbia City 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.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Columbia City Police Jail, use this address:

Columbia City Police Jail
112 South Chauncey Street
Columbia City, IN 46725-2347

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Columbia City Police Jail
112 South Chauncey Street
Columbia City, IN 46725-2347

The Columbia City Police Jail mail policy is always changing, so be sure to visit the official website before you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Columbia City 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 Columbia City 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check court records on the Whitley County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Whitley County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Whitley 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 state databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to review the Columbia City Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Columbia City 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 Columbia City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 260-248-5121 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 inmateâ€™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 Columbia City Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Columbia City Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must 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, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Columbia City Police Jail phone number is: 260-248-5121

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Columbia City 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 figuring out how to lower 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 prisons or jails 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 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 Columbia City Police Jail, click the link below.

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