Livingston County Jail

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The Livingston County Jail is located at 844 West Lincoln Street in Pontiac, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you info about everything one might want to know about the Livingston County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Livingston County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Livingston County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Livingston County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Livingston County Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who are in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info about anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Livingston County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Livingston County Jail includes these steps:

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

First, you have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the phone to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge must decide on your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Livingston County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give information about each visitor to the Livingston County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Livingston County Jail change often, so make sure that you call the facility at (815) 844-5774 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Livingston County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 old and is not a family member of 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 Livingston County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Livingston 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 Livingston 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 Livingston 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, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person 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 know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that includes a docket and any documents and filings filed in your case. You can access the court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Livingston County Jail jail inmates change frequently, so we suggest that you double check the Livingston County Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Livingston 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 Livingston County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (815) 844-5774 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 Livingston County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from 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 money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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 Livingston County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on 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 are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: (815) 844-5774

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each 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 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 Livingston County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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