Cobden Police Jail

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The Cobden Police Jail is located at 112 East Maple Street in Cobden, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cobden Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Cobden Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Cobden Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Cobden Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cobden Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info on anyone processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information quicker if you enter their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Cobden Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Cobden Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

First you have to answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, it will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, 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, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Cobden Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Cobden Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 618-893-2213 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Cobden Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Cobden Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Cobden Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cobden 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 Cobden 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 Cobden 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 can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the 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 the officer in charge. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Cobden Police Jail jail inmates could change, so you should double check the Cobden Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cobden 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 Cobden Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 618-893-2213 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 Cobden Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their 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

The only phone calls that Cobden Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls could be reduced or totally denied.

The Cobden Police Jail phone number is: 618-893-2213

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Cobden Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 finding 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 has set their 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 Cobden Police Jail, click the link below.

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