Downs Police Jail

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The Downs Police Jail is located at 211 South Seminary Street in Downs, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Downs Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Downs Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Downs Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Mclean County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Downs Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Downs Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information on anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Downs Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Downs Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some simple questions, like your legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process can take between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. It also will depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, plan to be discharged in the morning.

Downs Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list information about each visitor to the Downs Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Downs Police Jail change often, so you should call the jail at 309-888-5030 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Downs Police Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Downs Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Downs Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Downs 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 Downs 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 Downs 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 for your arrest, you can check court records 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 inquire at the information desk. 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 the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Mclean County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and the information is 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 all documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Downs Police Jail inmates change frequently, so you should double check the Downs Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Downs 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 Downs Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 309-888-5030 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 Downs Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary 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 Downs Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 bear 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 cut altogether.

Phone Number: 309-888-5030

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Downs Police Jail. The rates 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 state prisons and local jails figuring 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 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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