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Knightsville Police Jail Information

Address

Knightsville Police Jail
Mobile Unit
Knightsville, IN 47857

Phone Number

Phone: 812-448-8470

The Knightsville Police Jail is located at Mobile Unit in Knightsville, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Knightsville Police Department.

This page tells you info about everything related to the Knightsville Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Knightsville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Knightsville Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is incarcerated and don’t know how to find them? Do you know a friend or family member that has been arrested and you don’t know how to find out what jail they’re in?

In order to find out who is in jail at the Knightsville Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Knightsville Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find the same information on anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Knightsville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Knightsville Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed 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 pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge must figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Knightsville Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list each visitor’s full name to the Knightsville Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be put into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so call the jail at 812-448-8470 before you go to the jail to visit.

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 Knightsville Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Knightsville Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Knightsville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Knightsville 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 Knightsville Police Jail, use this address:

Knightsville Police Jail
Mobile Unit
Knightsville, IN 47857

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Knightsville Police Jail
Mobile Unit
Knightsville, IN 47857

The Knightsville Police Jail mail policy changes, so we suggest that you check the official website before you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Knightsville 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 Knightsville 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 find out by checking the court records on the website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Clay County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail are always changing, so review the Knightsville Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Knightsville 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 Knightsville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 812-448-8470 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 Knightsville Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates 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 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 Knightsville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 812-448-8470

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all 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 Knightsville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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