Edgar County Jail

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The Edgar County Jail is located at 228 North Central in Paris, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Edgar County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Edgar County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Edgar County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Edgar County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Edgar County Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can get information on anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find the information fast if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Edgar County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Edgar County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some basic questions, like your full name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Edgar County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give information about each visitor to the Edgar County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor must provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Edgar County Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at (217) 465-4166 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Edgar County Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Edgar County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can 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 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 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 Edgar County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Edgar County 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 Edgar County 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 Edgar County 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 access arrest warrants inquiry on the Edgar County jail website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Edgar County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket and all of the documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Edgar County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug 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 funds to inmates can change at any time, so we suggest that you visit the Edgar County Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Edgar County 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 Edgar County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (217) 465-4166 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 Edgar County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Edgar County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Edgar County Jail phone number is: (217) 465-4166

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make 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 Edgar County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Edgar County Jail, click the link below.

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