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Hillsdale Police Jail Information

Address

Hillsdale Police Jail
415 Main Street
Hillsdale, IL 61257-9659

Phone Number

Phone: 309-658-2501

The Hillsdale Police Jail is located at 415 Main Street in Hillsdale, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hillsdale Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Hillsdale Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give information that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Hillsdale Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend in jail and don’t know how to contact them? Do you know someone who’s been arrested and you need to find out what jail they’re in?

To find out who is in jail at the Hillsdale Police Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hillsdale Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find info about anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Hillsdale Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Hillsdale Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will have to answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes from 10 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Hillsdale Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Hillsdale Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Hillsdale Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 309-658-2501 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Hillsdale Police Jail you have to first be on their visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Hillsdale Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. 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 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Hillsdale Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hillsdale 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.

Mailing Address

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Hillsdale Police Jail is:

Hillsdale Police Jail
415 Main Street
Hillsdale, IL 61257-9659

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Hillsdale Police Jail
415 Main Street
Hillsdale, IL 61257-9659

The Hillsdale Police Jail mail policy changes often, so you should check the site before you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Hillsdale 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 Hillsdale 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Rock Island County court website or you can call the jail. 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 a warrant for your arrest, you will be 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, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Rock Island County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail are always changing, so be sure to check the Hillsdale Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hillsdale 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 Hillsdale Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 309-658-2501 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 inmateâ€™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 Hillsdale Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Hillsdale Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 309-658-2501

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 of the 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 Hillsdale Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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