Colona Police Jail

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The Colona Police Jail is located at 215 1St Street in Colona, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Colona Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything related to the Colona Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Henry County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Colona Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Colona Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people who are in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information for anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Colona Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Colona Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

First, you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you can post bail, the faster you will be released. It also can depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Colona Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Colona Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Colona Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Colona Police Jail at 309-792-1511 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Colona Police Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Colona Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Colona Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Colona 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 Colona 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 Colona 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person 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, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Henry County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Henry County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to the Henry County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Colona Police Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you visit the Colona Police Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Colona 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 Colona Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 309-792-1511 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 Colona Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Colona Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions 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 lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 309-792-1511

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Colona Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Colona Police Jail, click the link below.

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