Buffalo Police Jail

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The Buffalo Police Jail is located at 600 South Main Street in Buffalo, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Buffalo-Mechanicsburg Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Buffalo Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer advice and information you need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Buffalo Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Buffalo Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find information on anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Buffalo Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Buffalo Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, 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 personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, it depends on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the judge needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Buffalo Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Buffalo Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Buffalo Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Buffalo Police Jail at 217-364-4825 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Buffalo Police Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Buffalo Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Buffalo Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Sangamon County court website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Sangamon County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the Sangamon County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Buffalo Police Jail jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you check the Buffalo Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Buffalo 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 Buffalo Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-364-4825 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 Buffalo Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products such as 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 Buffalo Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 217-364-4825

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Buffalo Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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