Champaign County – Satellite Jail

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The Champaign County – Satellite Jail is located at 502 South Lierman Avenue in Urbana, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Champaign County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Champaign County – Satellite Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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7. Champaign County – Satellite Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Champaign County – Satellite Jail
10. How to Search Champaign County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Champaign County – Satellite Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Champaign County – Satellite Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can also get the same information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Champaign County – Satellite Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Champaign County – Satellite Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some questions, like your full name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take between 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Champaign County – Satellite Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Champaign County – Satellite Jail before you can visit. This information will be put in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the jail at (217) 384-1243 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Champaign County – Satellite Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Champaign County – Satellite 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 their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Champaign County – Satellite Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Champaign County – Satellite 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 Champaign County – Satellite 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 Champaign County – Satellite 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you can call the jail directly. 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 know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, 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 are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail are always changing, so double check the Champaign County – Satellite Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Champaign County – Satellite 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 Champaign County – Satellite Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (217) 384-1243 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 Champaign County – Satellite Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds 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

The only phone calls that Champaign County – Satellite Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Champaign County – Satellite Jail phone number is: (217) 384-1243

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all 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 Champaign County – Satellite Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s 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 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Champaign County – Satellite Jail, click the link below.

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