Homer Police Jail

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The Homer Police Jail is located at 500 East Second Street in Homer, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Homer Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Homer Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Homer Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Homer Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Homer Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can also find the same information for anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Homer Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Homer Police Jail is made up of each of the following 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 have to answer some questions, like what is your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge has to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Homer Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Homer Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Homer Police Jail change often, so call the official Homer Police Jail at 217-896-2396 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No cellphones are allowed at Homer Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Homer Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Homer 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 Homer 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 Homer 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records online 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 them. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Champaign County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Champaign County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Champaign 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 intensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Homer Police Jail change frequently, so you should double check the Homer Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Homer 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 Homer Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-896-2396 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 Homer Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want 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 enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Homer Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 217-896-2396

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Homer Police Jail. The prices 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 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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