Fishers Police Jail

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The Fishers Police Jail is located at 4 Municipal Drive in Fishers, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fishers Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Fishers Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fishers Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals currently in custody, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. You can also find the same information for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get the information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Fishers Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

First, you have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will be released. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a bond amount or if the magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Fishers Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list information about each visitor to the Fishers Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Fishers Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 317-595-3300 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Fishers Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Fishers Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 Fishers Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fishers 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 Fishers 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 Fishers 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 for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or you are able to call the court. 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 be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Hamilton County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail could change, so be sure to review the Fishers Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fishers 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 Fishers Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 317-595-3300 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 Fishers Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products such as 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 Fishers 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 outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: 317-595-3300

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly 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 from 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 Fishers Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 these cases, the facility 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 Fishers Police Jail, click the link below.

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