Geneva Police Jail

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The Geneva Police Jail is located at 20 Police Plaza in Geneva, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Geneva Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Geneva Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Geneva Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Geneva Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get information on anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Geneva Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Geneva Police Jail includes these 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 will answer some questions, like your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take from 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster 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 judge needs to figure out your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Geneva Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Geneva Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Geneva Police Jail change often, so you should call the facility at 630-232-4736 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Geneva Police Jail you must be added to this person’s approved 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 mobile phones are allowed at Geneva Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Geneva Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Geneva 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 Geneva 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 Geneva 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 on the website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail could change, so you should visit the Geneva Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Geneva 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 Geneva Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 630-232-4736 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 Geneva Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products 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, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that Geneva Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Geneva Police Jail phone number is: 630-232-4736

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Geneva Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call 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 can save you money.

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

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