Carrollton Police Jail

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The Carrollton Police Jail is located at 621 South Main Street in Carrollton, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Carrollton Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything related to the Carrollton Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Carrollton Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer advice and information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Carrollton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Carrollton Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find info on anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Carrollton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Carrollton Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a phone call 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 wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Carrollton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Carrollton Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log as an approved visitor. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Carrollton Police Jail change often, so it would be wise to call the official Carrollton Police Jail at 217-942-3135 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

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

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Carrollton Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 old and is not a family member of 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 Carrollton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Carrollton 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 Carrollton 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 Carrollton 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Greene County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Greene County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Greene County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Greene County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates might change, so be sure to double check the Carrollton Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Carrollton 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 Carrollton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-942-3135 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 Carrollton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep 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 the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Carrollton 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 typically more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 217-942-3135

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Carrollton 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 things 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling 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 prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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