Patoka Police Jail

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The Patoka Police Jail is located at 301 South Oak Street in Patoka, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Patoka Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything related to the Patoka Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Patoka Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Patoka Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Patoka Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find the same information on anybody processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Patoka Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Patoka Police Jail takes you through each of the following 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 must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the telephone to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, it might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Patoka Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s full name to the Patoka Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Patoka Police Jail can change, so call the official Patoka Police Jail at 618-432-5855 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Patoka Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Patoka Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not 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 the 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 Patoka Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Patoka 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 Patoka 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 Patoka 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 can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Marion County court website or call the jail 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. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the Marion County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail can change at any time, so be sure to double check the Patoka Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Patoka 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 Patoka Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 618-432-5855 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 Patoka Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust 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

The only phone calls that Patoka Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are usually pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: 618-432-5855

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 the prices. The profits 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 Patoka Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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