Carthage Police Jail

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The Carthage Police Jail is located at 538 Wabash Avenue in Carthage, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Carthage Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Carthage Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Hancock County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that would help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Carthage Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Carthage Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information fast if you have their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Carthage Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Carthage Police Jail takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a phone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, 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 between 9am and noon.

Carthage Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Carthage Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors will have to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 217-357-2245 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Carthage Police Jail you have to have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Carthage Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If a 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, 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Carthage Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Carthage 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 Carthage 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 Carthage 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 for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Hancock County court website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Hancock County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that contains a docket and all filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the Hancock County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted 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 procedure to send money to Carthage Police Jail inmates are always changing, so it would be best to visit the Carthage Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Carthage 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 Carthage Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-357-2245 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 Carthage Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, 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 money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Carthage 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 a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Carthage Police Jail phone number is: 217-357-2245

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each 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 from all 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 Carthage Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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