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Hardin County Jail Information

Address

Hardin County Jail
Market Street
Elizabethtown, IL 62931

Phone Number

Phone Number: (618) 287-2271

The Hardin County Jail is located at Market Street in Elizabethtown, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Department.

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

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Hardin County Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is incarcerated and need to find them? Do you know somebody who’s been arrested and you want to find them?

To look up who’s in jail at the Hardin County Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hardin County Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can get info for anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Hardin County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Hardin County Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You must answer some simple questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge has to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Hardin County Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s name to the Hardin County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Hardin County Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so call the facility at (618) 287-2271 before you go.

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

In order to visit someone at the Hardin County Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring 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 Hardin County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 a 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Hardin County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hardin 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Hardin County Jail is:

Hardin County Jail
Market Street
Elizabethtown, IL 62931

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Hardin County Jail
Market Street
Elizabethtown, IL 62931

The Hardin County Jail mail policy can change, so be sure to double check the the Hardin County Jail website when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Hardin 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 Hardin 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you 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 jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Hardin County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail change frequently, so it would be best to visit the Hardin County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hardin 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 Hardin County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (618) 287-2271 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 Hardin County Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Hardin County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . 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 lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get cut back or totally denied.

The Hardin County Jail phone number is: (618) 287-2271

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Hardin County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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