Shorewood Police Jail

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The Shorewood Police Jail is located at 903 West Jefferson Street in Shorewood, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Shorewood Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Shorewood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Shorewood Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can find info on anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information faster if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Shorewood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You will answer some questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will be released. Also, it depends on whether you have a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Shorewood Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Shorewood Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Shorewood Police Jail can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 815-725-1460 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Shorewood Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Shorewood Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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, the minor 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 Shorewood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Shorewood 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 Shorewood 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 Shorewood 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the Will County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Will County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Shorewood Police Jail are always changing, so be sure to review the Shorewood Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Shorewood 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 Shorewood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 815-725-1460 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 Shorewood Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably 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 items that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Shorewood Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Shorewood Police Jail phone number is: 815-725-1460

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. 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 Shorewood Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their inmate 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 Shorewood Police Jail, click the link below.

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