Bainbridge Police Jail

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The Bainbridge Police Jail is located at 201 North Grant Avenue in Bainbridge, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bainbridge Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Bainbridge Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Bainbridge Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bainbridge Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info for anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get the information faster if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Bainbridge Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Bainbridge Police Jail includes the following steps:

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

First, you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Bainbridge Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Bainbridge Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in the log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at 765-522-6238 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Bainbridge Police Jail you must be on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to take 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 at Bainbridge Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Bainbridge Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bainbridge 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 Bainbridge 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 Bainbridge 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 arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to 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 them. Keep in mind 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 the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to 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 maintains records of people’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Putnam County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. 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 for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Bainbridge Police Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to check the Bainbridge Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bainbridge 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 Bainbridge Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 765-522-6238 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 Bainbridge Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably 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 money 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

All phone calls from the Bainbridge Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

The Bainbridge Police Jail phone number is: 765-522-6238

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all 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 Bainbridge Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 finding 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 calling 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 money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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