Momence Police Jail

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The Momence Police Jail is located at 123 West River Street in Momence, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Momence Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Momence Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Momence Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a question, just ask it, and any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Momence Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Momence Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info about anybody processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their inmate information fast if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Momence Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Momence Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take from 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, 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 know the date of your release, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Momence Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Momence Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 815-472-2021 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Momence Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Momence Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Momence Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Momence 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 Momence 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 Momence 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Kankakee County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail can change at any time, so check the Momence Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Momence 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 Momence Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 815-472-2021 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 Momence Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need 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 items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Momence Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Momence Police Jail phone number is: 815-472-2021

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Momence Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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