Will County Jail

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The Will County Jail is located at 95 South Chicago Street in Joliet, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Will County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Will County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Will County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you need to make the process easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Will County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Will County Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find information for anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Will County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Will County Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge still needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Will County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Will County Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor has to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the jail at (815) 740-1250 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Will County Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Will County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Will County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Will 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 Will 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 Will 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Will County jail website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Will County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, 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 procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Will County Jail are always changing, so you should check the Will County Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Will 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 Will County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (815) 740-1250 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 Will County Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use 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 the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

All phone calls from the Will County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must 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, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (815) 740-1250

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make 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 Will County Jail. The rates 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 state prisons and local 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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