Lee County Jail

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The Lee County Jail is located at 112 West 3rd Street in Dixon, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lee County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about everything you might need to know about the Lee County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Lee County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Lee County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lee County Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get the same information on anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Lee County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some questions, such as what is your full name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the phone in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if the judge must figure out the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to get discharged that morning.

Lee County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Lee County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the facility at (815) 284-5222 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Lee County Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Lee County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Lee County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lee 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 Lee 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 Lee 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings 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 Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Lee County Jail jail inmates change frequently, so it would be best to double check the Lee County Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lee 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 Lee County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (815) 284-5222 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 Lee County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Lee County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Lee County Jail phone number is: (815) 284-5222

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Lee County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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