Rock Island County Jail

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The Rock Island County Jail is located at 1317 3rd Avenue in Rock Island, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Rock Island County Sheriff’s Department.

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

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Rock Island County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rock Island County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get information about anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Rock Island County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Rock Island County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

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

The first step is that you have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the telephone to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail takes between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to figure out your bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Rock Island County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Rock Island County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at (309) 558-3425 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Rock Island County Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Rock Island County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Rock Island County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rock Island 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 Rock Island 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 Rock Island 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 can check arrest warrants on the Rock Island County jail website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know 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, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for 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 rules for sending funds to inmates is likely to change, so review the Rock Island County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rock Island 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 Rock Island County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (309) 558-3425 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 Rock Island County Jail store. You can buy a number of 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 daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Rock Island County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (309) 558-3425

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Rock Island County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where 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 calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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