Village Of Lakewood Police Jail

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The Village Of Lakewood Police Jail is located at 2500 Lake Avenue in Village Of Lakewood, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lakewood Police Department.

This site will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Village Of Lakewood Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and tips that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Village Of Lakewood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Village Of Lakewood Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who are in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info about anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information faster if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Village Of Lakewood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Village Of Lakewood Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You will have to answer some basic questions, like your 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 given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the phone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get released. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge must decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to be discharged that morning.

Village Of Lakewood Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give information about each visitor to the Village Of Lakewood Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the official Village Of Lakewood Police Jail at 815-459-2151 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Village Of Lakewood Police Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Village Of Lakewood Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Village Of Lakewood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Village Of Lakewood 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 Village Of Lakewood 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 Village Of Lakewood 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Mchenry County jail website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, 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 Mchenry County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket and all documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to the Mchenry County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Village Of Lakewood Police Jail can change at any time, so you should visit the Village Of Lakewood Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Village Of Lakewood 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 Village Of Lakewood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 815-459-2151 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 Village Of Lakewood Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 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

The only phone calls that Village Of Lakewood Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Village Of Lakewood Police Jail phone number is: 815-459-2151

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make 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 Village Of Lakewood Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 finding out how to lower 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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