Swayzee Police Jail

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The Swayzee Police Jail is located at 213 South Washington Street in Swayzee, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Swayzee Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Swayzee Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer info that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Swayzee Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Swayzee Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find the same information for anyone processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information faster if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Swayzee Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

The first step is that you will have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to get in touch with 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, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released that morning.

Swayzee Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Swayzee Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go in a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

The Swayzee Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the official Swayzee Police Jail at 765-922-4585 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Swayzee Police Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Swayzee Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Swayzee Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Swayzee 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 Swayzee 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 Swayzee 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 Grant County jail website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Grant County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access your court records via 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 history. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Swayzee Police Jail are always changing, so you should review the Swayzee Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Swayzee 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 Swayzee Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 765-922-4585 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 Swayzee Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Swayzee Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Swayzee Police Jail phone number is: 765-922-4585

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Swayzee Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 is 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 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 in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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