Harvard Police Jail

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The Harvard Police Jail is located at 201 West Front Street in Harvard, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Harvard Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Harvard Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Harvard 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

This guide is designed to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would help others would be appreciated.

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Who’s In Jail

The Harvard Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information for anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information quicker if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Harvard Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Harvard Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some questions, like your legal name, your 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 you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Harvard Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Harvard Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the jail at 815-943-4431 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

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

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Harvard Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally 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 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 Harvard Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Harvard 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 Harvard 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 Harvard 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Mchenry County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be 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, in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Mchenry County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates are always changing, so you should review the Harvard Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Harvard 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 Harvard Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 815-943-4431 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 Harvard Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use 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 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 personal 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 Harvard Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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 and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Harvard Police Jail phone number is: 815-943-4431

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from 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 Harvard 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 things 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 circumstances 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 jail or prison 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 Harvard Police Jail, click the link below.

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