Colfax Police Jail

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The Colfax Police Jail is located at 210 West Main Street in Colfax, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Colfax Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Colfax Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Colfax Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and tips that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Colfax Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Colfax Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information for anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Colfax Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Colfax Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. It also will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Colfax Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Colfax Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the official Colfax Police Jail at 765-324-2777 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Colfax Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 phones at Colfax Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 Colfax Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Colfax 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 Colfax 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 Colfax 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, you can check the court records on the Clinton County jail website or you are able to 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 inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail change frequently, so we suggest that you double check the Colfax Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Colfax 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 Colfax Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 765-324-2777 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 Colfax Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind 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 an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Colfax Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should 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 might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 765-324-2777

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money 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 Colfax 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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