Beech Grove Police Jail

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The Beech Grove Police Jail is located at 340 East Churchman Avenue in Beech Grove, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Beech Grove Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Beech Grove Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Beech Grove Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Beech Grove Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Beech Grove Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can also find info about anyone who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Beech Grove Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Beech Grove Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the magistrate must determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Beech Grove Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s full name to the Beech Grove Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Beech Grove Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at 317-782-4949 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Beech Grove Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Beech Grove Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally 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 under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Beech Grove Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Beech Grove 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 Beech Grove 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 Beech Grove 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Marion County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, 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. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to the Marion County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Beech Grove Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so be sure to check the Beech Grove Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Beech Grove 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 Beech Grove Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 317-782-4949 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 Beech Grove Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment 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 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

The only phone calls that Beech Grove Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 317-782-4949

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 money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Beech Grove Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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