Frankfort Police Jail

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The Frankfort Police Jail is located at 201 West Washington Street in Frankfort, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Frankfort Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Frankfort Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, 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 information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Frankfort Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Frankfort Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people currently in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find info on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Frankfort Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Frankfort Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it will depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be released in the morning.

Frankfort Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Frankfort Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the log as an approved visitor. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Frankfort Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Frankfort Police Jail at 765-654-4431 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Frankfort Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring 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 Frankfort Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Frankfort Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Frankfort 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 Frankfort 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 Frankfort 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Clinton County jail website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail change frequently, so be sure to review the Frankfort Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Frankfort 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 Frankfort Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 765-654-4431 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 Frankfort Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, 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 enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Frankfort Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

The Frankfort Police Jail phone number is: 765-654-4431

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Frankfort Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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