Moultrie County Detention Center

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The Moultrie County Detention Center is located at 1505 West Hagerman Road in Sullivan, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Moultrie County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything related to the Moultrie County Detention Center, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Moultrie County Detention Center, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a question, just ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Moultrie County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Moultrie County Detention Center Inmate Locator is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can also find information on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Moultrie County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Moultrie County Detention Center is made up of the following steps:

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

You have to answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the phone so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get released. Also, it will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge must determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Moultrie County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Moultrie County Detention Center in advance. Your visitors will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors will have to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Moultrie County Detention Center are always changing, so call the facility at (217) 728-4386 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Moultrie County Detention Center you must first have your name on their 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 without it.

No phones at Moultrie County Detention Center, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Moultrie County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Moultrie County Detention Center 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 Moultrie County Detention Center. 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 Moultrie County Detention Center 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records online or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Moultrie County Detention Center are always changing, so be sure to visit the Moultrie County Detention Center site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Moultrie County Detention Center

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 Moultrie County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (217) 728-4386 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 Moultrie County Detention Center store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Moultrie County Detention Center are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about 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 break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: (217) 728-4386

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Moultrie County Detention Center. 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 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Moultrie County Detention Center, click the link below.

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