Converse Police Jail

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The Converse Police Jail is located at 210 North Jefferson Street in Converse, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Converse Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything related to the Converse Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Converse Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that would be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Converse Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Converse Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find info on anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find the information more quickly if you’ve got their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Converse Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Converse Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

First you will have to answer some questions, such as your full legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Converse Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give each visitor’s name to the Converse Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Converse Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 765-395-9000 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Converse Police Jail you must 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 with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Converse Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not 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 old 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 Converse Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Converse 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 Converse 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 Converse 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Miami County court website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s 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, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Miami County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Miami County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates could change, so be sure to check the Converse Police Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Converse 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 Converse Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 765-395-9000 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 Converse Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. 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 products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Converse Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear 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, phone calls might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Converse Police Jail phone number is: 765-395-9000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits 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 Converse 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding 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 calling 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 won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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