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Fort Branch Police Jail Information

Address

Fort Branch Police Jail
208 West Locust Street
Fort Branch, IN 47648-1306

Phone Number

Phone: 812-753-3097

The Fort Branch Police Jail is located at 208 West Locust Street in Fort Branch, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fort Branch Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything one might want to know about the Fort Branch Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Fort Branch Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Fort Branch Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is in jail and want to find out where they are? Do you know a family member or friend that has been arrested and you need to find out what jail they’re in?

To search who’s in jail at the Fort Branch Police Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fort Branch Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can also get the same information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information fast if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Fort Branch Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Fort Branch Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You must answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the phone to talk to 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 you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes from 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be 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, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Fort Branch Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s name to the Fort Branch Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. All visitors must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 812-753-3097 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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

Before you can visit someone at the Fort Branch Police Jail you have to first be on their visitation list.

Be 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.

No mobile phones are allowed at Fort Branch Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 Fort Branch Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fort Branch 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

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Fort Branch Police Jail is:

Fort Branch Police Jail
208 West Locust Street
Fort Branch, IN 47648-1306

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Fort Branch Police Jail
208 West Locust Street
Fort Branch, IN 47648-1306

The inmate mail policy at the Fort Branch Police Jail changes often, so it would be best to visit the site when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Fort Branch 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 Fort Branch 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 check court records on the Gibson County court website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep 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 a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Gibson County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Gibson County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Fort Branch Police Jail inmates are always changing, so review the Fort Branch Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fort Branch 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 Fort Branch Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 812-753-3097 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 Fort Branch Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Fort Branch Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should 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, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 812-753-3097

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each 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 Fort Branch Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 can be 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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