Hillside Police Jail

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The Hillside Police Jail is located at 425 North Hillside Avenue in Hillside, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hillside Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Hillside Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info that you need to make the process easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Hillside Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hillside Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information on anyone booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find the information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Hillside Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Hillside Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes between 10 minutes to all day. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge must figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Hillside Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Hillside Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be put in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Hillside Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the official Hillside Police Jail at 708-449-8851 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Hillside Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s 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 phones are allowed at Hillside Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Hillside Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hillside 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 Hillside 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 Hillside 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Cook County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Cook County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the Cook 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 history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Hillside Police Jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you review the Hillside Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hillside 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 Hillside Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 708-449-8851 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 Hillside Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their 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

All phone calls from the Hillside Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Hillside Police Jail phone number is: 708-449-8851

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. 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 Hillside Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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