Tampico Police Jail

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The Tampico Police Jail is located at 104 West Market Street in Tampico, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Tampico Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Tampico Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and tips that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Tampico Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tampico Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find the same information on anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information faster if you have their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Tampico Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Tampico Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You must answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Tampico Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Tampico Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate. Each visitor must provide proof of identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

The Tampico Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 815-537-8813 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Tampico Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Tampico Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Tampico Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tampico 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 Tampico 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 Tampico 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 are able to check the court records on the Whiteside County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates change frequently, so be sure to review the Tampico Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tampico 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 Tampico Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 815-537-8813 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 Tampico Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from 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 the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Tampico Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 815-537-8813

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Tampico Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, 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 can save you money.

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

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