Fountain City Police Jail

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The Fountain City Police Jail is located at 312 West Main Street in Fountain City, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fountain City Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Fountain City Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Fountain City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fountain City Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find information about anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Fountain City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Fountain City Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. The discharge process may take from 10 minutes to all day long. So, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. It also can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Fountain City Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s full name to the Fountain City Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 765-847-2233 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Fountain City Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Fountain City Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. 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 going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 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 Fountain City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fountain City 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 Fountain City 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 Fountain City 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 the arrest warrants inquiry on the Wayne County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s 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 a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Wayne County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, 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 comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, 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 might change, so it would be best to review the Fountain City Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fountain City 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 Fountain City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 765-847-2233 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 Fountain City Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Fountain City Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or totally denied.

The Fountain City Police Jail phone number is: 765-847-2233

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Fountain City Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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