Rensselaer Police Jail

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The Rensselaer Police Jail is located at 122 South Van Rensselaer Street in Rensselaer, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Rensselaer Police Department.

This page tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the Rensselaer Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Rensselaer Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Jasper County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Rensselaer Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rensselaer Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find the same information about anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Rensselaer Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Rensselaer Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

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

You will get to use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the judge must figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Rensselaer Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name to the Rensselaer Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in a Visiting log for the inmate. All visitors will have to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Rensselaer Police Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 219-866-7602 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Rensselaer Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Rensselaer Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Rensselaer Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer 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 can check arrest warrants online or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, 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 Jasper County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any documents filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates is likely to change, so double check the Rensselaer Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 219-866-7602 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 Rensselaer Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably 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 items that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Rensselaer Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Rensselaer Police Jail phone number is: 219-866-7602

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Rensselaer Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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