Galatia Police Jail

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The Galatia Police Jail is located at 210 West Main Street in Galatia, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Galatia Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Galatia Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Galatia Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Galatia Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Galatia Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can also get info for anybody processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Galatia Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Galatia Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

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

You will have to answer some questions, such as your full name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Galatia Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s full name to the Galatia Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a Visiting log for the inmate. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 618-268-4112 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Galatia Police Jail you must first have your name on 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 cellphones are allowed at Galatia Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 Galatia Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Galatia 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 Galatia 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 Galatia 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Saline County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records online, or at the Saline County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Galatia Police Jail might change, so we suggest that you visit the Galatia Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Galatia 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 Galatia Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 618-268-4112 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 Galatia Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, 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 sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Galatia Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 618-268-4112

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Galatia Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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