Baldwin Police Jail

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The Baldwin Police Jail is located at 105 South 5Th Street in Baldwin, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Baldwin Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info that you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Baldwin Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Baldwin Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. You can get the same information about anyone arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Baldwin Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Baldwin Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put 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 will have to answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Baldwin Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Baldwin Police Jail in advance. This information will go into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor must provide proof of identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so we suggest that you call the official Baldwin Police Jail at 618-785-2785 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Baldwin Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Baldwin Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 Baldwin Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Baldwin 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 Baldwin 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 Baldwin 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the Randolph 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. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Baldwin Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you double check the Baldwin Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Baldwin 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 Baldwin Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 618-785-2785 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 Baldwin Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Baldwin Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 618-785-2785

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Baldwin Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out 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 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 circumstances where we won’t 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 jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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