Elwood Police Jail

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The Elwood Police Jail is located at 1505 South B Street in Elwood, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Elwood Police Department.

This page tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Elwood Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Elwood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Elwood Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find the information fast if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Elwood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Elwood Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You have to answer some questions, like your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate must determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Elwood Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Elwood Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. All visitors will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Elwood Police Jail frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 765-552-3377 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Elwood Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Elwood Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 of age and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Elwood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Elwood 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 Elwood 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 Elwood 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 arrest warrants on the Madison County court website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind 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 first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Madison County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access court records on the website, or at the Madison County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail might change, so review the Elwood Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Elwood 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 Elwood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 765-552-3377 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 Elwood Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Elwood Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 765-552-3377

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 get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Elwood 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 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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