Eldorado Police Jail

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The Eldorado Police Jail is located at 921 Veterans Drive in Eldorado, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Eldorado Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Eldorado Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Eldorado Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Saline County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Eldorado Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Eldorado Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find the same information on anyone processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Eldorado Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to make a telephone call to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, it can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Eldorado Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Eldorado Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. All visitors has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 618-273-2141 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Eldorado Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make 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 phones at Eldorado Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Eldorado Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Eldorado 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 Eldorado 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 Eldorado 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can access court records on the website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. 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 Saline County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail might change, so you should visit the Eldorado Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Eldorado 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 Eldorado Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 618-273-2141 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 Eldorado Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase 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

All phone calls from the Eldorado Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than regular phone calls. 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 lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Eldorado Police Jail phone number is: 618-273-2141

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Eldorado 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly 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 calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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