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Morgan County Jail Information

Address

Morgan County Jail
300 West Court Street
Jacksonville, IL 62650

Phone Number

Phone: (217) 245-4143

The Morgan County Jail is located at 300 West Court Street in Jacksonville, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department.

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

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Morgan County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend in jail and want to find them? Do you know a family member or friend that has been arrested and you don’t know how to find out where they are?

To find out who’s in jail at the Morgan County Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Morgan County Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info for anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Morgan County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Morgan County Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the telephone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process may take from 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, it might depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

Morgan County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide information about each visitor to the Morgan County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the facility at (217) 245-4143 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 an inmate at the Morgan County Jail you have to first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Morgan County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 Morgan County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Morgan 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

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Morgan County Jail, use this address:

Morgan County Jail
300 West Court Street
Jacksonville, IL 62650

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Morgan County Jail
300 West Court Street
Jacksonville, IL 62650

The Morgan County Jail mail policy is always changing, so it would be best to visit the official Morgan County Jail site before you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Morgan 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 Morgan 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the website or 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 them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Morgan County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the Morgan County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail are always changing, so it would be best to visit the Morgan County Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Morgan 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 Morgan County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (217) 245-4143 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 Morgan County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Morgan County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much 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 you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Morgan County Jail phone number is: (217) 245-4143

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Morgan County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease 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 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 cases like this, the facility 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 Morgan County Jail, click the link below.

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