Wheatfield Police Jail

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The Wheatfield Police Jail is located at 160 South Grace Street in Wheatfield, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Wheatfield Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything related to the Wheatfield Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Wheatfield Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and advice that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Wheatfield Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wheatfield Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. You can also get information on anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find the information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Wheatfield Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Wheatfield Police Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You will answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Wheatfield Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Wheatfield Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. All visitors must provide identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Wheatfield Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Wheatfield Police Jail at 219-956-3006 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No cellphones are allowed at Wheatfield Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 the 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 magazines to an inmate at the Wheatfield Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wheatfield 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 Wheatfield 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 Wheatfield 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the Jasper County court website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket and any filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access court records on their website, or at the Jasper County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Wheatfield Police Jail change frequently, so visit the Wheatfield Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wheatfield 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 Wheatfield Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 219-956-3006 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 Wheatfield Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Wheatfield Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get reduced or totally denied.

The Wheatfield Police Jail phone number is: 219-956-3006

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Wheatfield Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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