Riverton Police Jail

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The Riverton Police Jail is located at 6500 Dawson Lane in Riverton, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Riverton Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything related to the Riverton Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Riverton Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Riverton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Riverton Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Riverton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Riverton Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You will answer some basic questions, such as your full name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a telephone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. It also might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, you should plan to get released in the morning.

Riverton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Riverton Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Riverton Police Jail at 217-629-9800 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Riverton Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Riverton Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to 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 Riverton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Riverton 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 Riverton 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 Riverton 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 find out by checking the court records on the Sangamon County jail website or you can 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. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Sangamon County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Sangamon County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Riverton Police Jail inmates are always changing, so we suggest that you check the Riverton Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Riverton 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 Riverton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-629-9800 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 Riverton Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Riverton Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, phone calls might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 217-629-9800

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Riverton Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 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 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 in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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