Hobart Police Jail

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The Hobart Police Jail is located at 200 Main Street in Hobart, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hobart Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Hobart Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Hobart Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hobart Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can get information for anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Hobart Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Hobart Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You have to answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process will take from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get released. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, expect to get released in the morning.

Hobart Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list information about each visitor to the Hobart Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

The Hobart Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the jail at 219-942-1125 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Hobart Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Hobart Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be 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, the minor 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 Hobart Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hobart 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 Hobart 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 Hobart 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 are able to check the court records on the website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind 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, and the date of their arrest, contact the Lake County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Lake County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Lake County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you review the Hobart Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hobart 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 Hobart Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 219-942-1125 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 Hobart Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Hobart Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

The Hobart Police Jail phone number is: 219-942-1125

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Hobart Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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