Sheridan Police Jail

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The Sheridan Police Jail is located at 115 North Robinson Street in Sheridan, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sheridan Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Sheridan Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Sheridan Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find La Salle County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info that you’ll need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it, and any feedback or comments that might help others would be welcome.

Sheridan Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sheridan Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find the same information for anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Sheridan Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Sheridan Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a phone call in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will be freed. Also, it will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Sheridan Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Sheridan Police Jail in advance. This information will be put in a log of visitors for the inmate. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at 815-496-2186 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Sheridan Police Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Make 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 phones are allowed at Sheridan Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Sheridan Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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 the arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the La Salle County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to check the Sheridan Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sheridan 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 Sheridan Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 815-496-2186 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 Sheridan Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind 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 products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Sheridan Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive 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 must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls may be limited or forbidden.

The Sheridan Police Jail phone number is: 815-496-2186

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Sheridan Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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