Hamilton Police Jail

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The Hamilton Police Jail is located at 1010 Broadway Street in Hamilton, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hamilton Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Hamilton Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Hamilton Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Hancock County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

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

Hamilton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hamilton Police Jail Inmate List is a list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information for anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you have their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Hamilton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

First, you will answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Hamilton Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s full name to the Hamilton Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Hamilton Police Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the official Hamilton Police Jail at 217-847-3347 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Hamilton Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Hamilton Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 a 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Hamilton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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 can access court records on the Hancock County jail website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Hancock County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that includes a docket and any filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Hancock County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Hancock County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Hamilton Police Jail is likely to change, so it would be best to check the Hamilton Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hamilton 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 Hamilton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-847-3347 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 Hamilton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products including 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 Hamilton Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear 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 privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 217-847-3347

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Hamilton Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 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 Hamilton Police Jail, click the link below.

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