Poseyville Police Jail

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The Poseyville Police Jail is located at 91 East Cynthiana Road in Poseyville, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Poseyville Police Department.

This site will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Poseyville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Poseyville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Poseyville Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get info for anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Poseyville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Poseyville Police Jail includes the following steps:

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

First, you have to answer some basic questions, like your full name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Poseyville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Poseyville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so you should call the official Poseyville Police Jail at 812-874-3518 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Poseyville Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Poseyville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 Poseyville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Poseyville 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 Poseyville 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 Poseyville 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. 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 the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that includes a docket and any documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Posey County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug 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 process for sending funds to inmates at the Poseyville Police Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to check the Poseyville Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Poseyville 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 Poseyville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 812-874-3518 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 Poseyville Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind 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 a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Poseyville Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Poseyville Police Jail phone number is: 812-874-3518

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 profits from 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 Poseyville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Poseyville Police Jail, click the link below.

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