Kankakee County Jail

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The Kankakee County Jail is located at 3000 South Justice Way in Kankakee, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Kankakee County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Kankakee County Jail
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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Kankakee County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Kankakee County Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find information for anybody booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate their inmate information more quickly if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Kankakee County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Kankakee 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 a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the phone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Kankakee County Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list information about each visitor to the Kankakee County Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be put in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the facility at (815) 802-7200 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Kankakee County Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Kankakee County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not normally 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 younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Kankakee County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Kankakee 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 Kankakee 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 Kankakee 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 an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Kankakee County jail website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind 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 name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Kankakee County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Kankakee County Jail could change, so be sure to review the Kankakee County Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Kankakee 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 Kankakee County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (815) 802-7200 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 Kankakee County Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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 Kankakee County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (815) 802-7200

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Kankakee County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 decrease 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 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. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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