Clinton Police Jail

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The Clinton Police Jail is located at 259 Vine Street in Clinton, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Clinton City Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Clinton Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Clinton Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and also any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Clinton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Clinton Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also get info on anybody processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Clinton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must figure out your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Clinton Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Clinton Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the official Clinton Police Jail at 765-832-3232 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Clinton Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Clinton Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Clinton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Clinton 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 Clinton 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 Clinton 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Vermillion County jail website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to the Vermillion County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Clinton Police Jail can change at any time, so be sure to visit the Clinton Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Clinton 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 Clinton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 765-832-3232 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 Clinton Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Clinton Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone calls may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 765-832-3232

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every 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 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 Clinton Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not 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 phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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