Bethalto Police Jail

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The Bethalto Police Jail is located at 213 North Prairie Street in Bethalto, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bethalto Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Bethalto Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Bethalto Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

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Who’s In Jail

The Bethalto Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can also find information for anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Bethalto Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Bethalto Police Jail includes the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. It also depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate must determine the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, expect to be released in the morning.

Bethalto Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Bethalto Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go in the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Bethalto Police Jail change often, so you should call the official Bethalto Police Jail at 618-377-5266 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Bethalto Police Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Bethalto Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Bethalto Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bethalto 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 Bethalto 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 Bethalto 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records on the website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to review the Bethalto Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bethalto 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 Bethalto Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 618-377-5266 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 Bethalto Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Bethalto Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to 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 are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

The Bethalto Police Jail phone number is: 618-377-5266

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Bethalto 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning 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 significantly on calling your inmate. 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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