South Chicago Heights Police Jail

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The South Chicago Heights Police Jail is located at 2729 Jackson Avenue in South Chicago Heights, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the South Chicago Heights Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything related to the South Chicago Heights Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer info that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others would be welcome.

South Chicago Heights Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The South Chicago Heights Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find the same information about anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

South Chicago Heights Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the South Chicago Heights Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer some basic questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. So, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. It also depends on whether you have a cash bond or if the judge must determine how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

South Chicago Heights Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the South Chicago Heights Police Jail in advance. This information will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 708-754-7131 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the South Chicago Heights Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at South Chicago Heights Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to the inmate, this 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 South Chicago Heights Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the South Chicago Heights Police 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 South Chicago Heights Police 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 South Chicago Heights Police 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 the court records on the Cook County court website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file containing a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in your case. You can access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to South Chicago Heights Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so you should review the South Chicago Heights Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at South Chicago Heights Police 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 South Chicago Heights Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 708-754-7131 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 South Chicago Heights Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 South Chicago Heights Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 708-754-7131

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 they control the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 South Chicago Heights Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 calling 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. In some cases, 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at South Chicago Heights Police Jail, click the link below.

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