Morristown Police Jail

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The Morristown Police Jail is located at 418 West Main Street in Morristown, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Morristown Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Morristown Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Morristown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Morristown Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info for anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Morristown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Morristown Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some questions, like your full legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get 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 finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process takes between 15 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, it might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be released in the morning.

Morristown Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list each visitor’s full name to the Morristown Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor has to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at 765-763-6748 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Morristown Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Morristown Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 of age and is not a family member of 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 Morristown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Morristown 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 Morristown 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 Morristown 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, you can access arrest warrants on the website or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the Shelby County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as 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 procedure to send funds to Morristown Police Jail inmates change frequently, so you should double check the Morristown Police Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Morristown 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 Morristown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 765-763-6748 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 Morristown Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like 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 Morristown Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone calls might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Morristown Police Jail phone number is: 765-763-6748

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Morristown Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 circumstances 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 cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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