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Tamms Police Jail Information

Address

Tamms Police Jail
Railroad Street
Tamms, IL 62988

Phone Number

Phone Number: 618-747-2326

The Tamms Police Jail is located at Railroad Street in Tamms, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Tamms Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Tamms Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Tamms Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that might be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Tamms Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend that is incarcerated and need to contact them? Do you know a family member or friend who has been arrested and you need to locate them?

To find out who is in jail at the Tamms Police Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tamms Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. You can also find the same information for anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information fast if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Tamms Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Tamms Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

They’ll put you 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, like what is your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get released. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Tamms Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Tamms Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the facility at 618-747-2326 before you try to go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

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

Make sure to take 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 mobile phones at Tamms Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 Tamms Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tamms 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Tamms Police Jail:

Tamms Police Jail
Railroad Street
Tamms, IL 62988

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Tamms Police Jail
Railroad Street
Tamms, IL 62988

The mail policy at the Tamms Police Jail changes, so it would be best to double check the site before you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Tamms 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 Tamms 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 can check the court records on the Alexander County court website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local 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 know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to the Alexander County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates are always changing, so you should visit the Tamms Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tamms 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 Tamms Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 618-747-2326 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 inmateâ€™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 Tamms Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Tamms Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or totally denied.

The Tamms Police Jail phone number is: 618-747-2326

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Tamms Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 jail has set their inmate 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 Tamms Police Jail, click the link below.

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