Belvidere Police Jail

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The Belvidere Police Jail is located at 615 North Main Street in Belvidere, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Belvidere Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Belvidere Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Belvidere Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Belvidere Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Belvidere Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get info about anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Belvidere Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Belvidere Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a number of questions, such as your full name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the phone in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released in the morning.

Belvidere Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Belvidere Police Jail before you can visit. This information will go in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the jail at 815-544-9626 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Belvidere Police Jail you must be on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Belvidere Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Belvidere Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Belvidere 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 Belvidere 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 Belvidere 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Boone County jail website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Boone County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Belvidere Police Jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you double check the Belvidere Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Belvidere 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 Belvidere Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 815-544-9626 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 Belvidere Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Belvidere Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much pricier 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 that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 815-544-9626

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Belvidere Police Jail. The prices 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease 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 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 won’t 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 calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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