Stonington Police Jail

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The Stonington Police Jail is located at 416 North Main Street in Stonington, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Stonington Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Stonington Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others is welcome.

Stonington Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Stonington Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people currently in custody, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find information for anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Stonington Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Stonington Police Jail includes these steps:

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

First, you must answer some questions, such as your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone 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 might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process will take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. It also can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Stonington Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Stonington Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 217-325-4221 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Stonington Police Jail you must first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Stonington Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 a 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 Stonington Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Stonington 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 Stonington 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 Stonington 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail 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. You should be clear that there is an outstanding 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the Christian County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Christian County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you review the Stonington Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Stonington 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 Stonington Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-325-4221 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 Stonington Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Stonington Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 217-325-4221

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control 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 Stonington Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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