If Your Loved One Loses or Damages Their Armband at Marion County ADC: What Families Need to Know

During intake at Marion County Adult Detention Center, each person receives an ADC identification beacon tag and armband. The facility requires this armband to stay on the wrist and remain visible at all times while inside the ADC.

If the armband stops working or becomes too worn to read due to normal wear and tear, it can be replaced at no cost. These free replacements go through the Inmate Services department. The key is asking for a new one as soon as it becomes unreliable.

1. Confirm the armband is worn or unreadable: If it is becoming undetectable from normal wear and tear, a replacement can be requested.
2. Send an electronic message to notify staff: It is the inmate’s responsibility to notify staff via electronic message that a new armband is needed.

Not all replacements are free. If staff determine the armband was intentionally destroyed or lost, the replacement cost gets charged to the inmate's account.

What Families Can Do

• ✓ Tell your loved one to send an electronic message to staff as soon as the armband is worn, unreadable, or not detecting properly.
• ✓ If the problem is normal wear and tear, remind them that replacements are handled through Inmate Services and are replaced free of charge.
• ✓ Encourage them not to delay, since a worn or unreadable armband can create avoidable problems with daily routines, including commissary pickup.

For families, two things matter most: possible charges and immediate practical consequences. If staff decide the armband was intentionally destroyed or lost, the replacement cost comes out of the inmate's account. While the armband is missing, defaced, distorted, or unreadable, your loved one won't receive commissary items. That's why it's worth encouraging them to request a replacement right away.