Lake Bluff Police Jail

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The Lake Bluff Police Jail is located at 45 East Center Avenue in Lake Bluff, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake Bluff Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything related to the Lake Bluff Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Lake Bluff Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Lake County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

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

Lake Bluff Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake Bluff Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find the same information for anybody processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Lake Bluff Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take from 30 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get discharged. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Lake Bluff Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Lake Bluff Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Lake Bluff Police Jail at 847-234-2153 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Lake Bluff Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Lake Bluff Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 of age and is not a family member of 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 magazines to an inmate at the Lake Bluff Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake Bluff 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 Lake Bluff 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 Lake Bluff 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Lake County jail website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Lake County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Lake County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates can change at any time, so be sure to visit the Lake Bluff Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake Bluff 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 Lake Bluff Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 847-234-2153 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 Lake Bluff Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, 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 enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Lake Bluff Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more costly 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 that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Lake Bluff Police Jail phone number is: 847-234-2153

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Lake Bluff Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 decrease 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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