Portage Police Jail

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The Portage Police Jail is located at 115 Hillcrest Road in Portage, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ogden Dunes Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Portage Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Portage Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Portage Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Portage Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information about anyone booked or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get their arrest information fast if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Portage Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Portage Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes anywhere between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also depends on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge must determine the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Portage Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Portage Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go in the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 219-762-4125 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Portage Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s 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.

No mobile phones are allowed at Portage Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Portage Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Portage 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 Portage 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 Portage 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Porter County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that includes a court docket and all documents filed in your case. You can access 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 a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates could change, so it would be best to review the Portage Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Portage 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 Portage Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 219-762-4125 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 Portage Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Portage Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear 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 may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Portage Police Jail phone number is: 219-762-4125

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Portage Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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