Winnebago County Jail

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The Winnebago County Jail is located at 650 West State Street in Rockford, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Winnebago County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Winnebago County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Winnebago County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would help others will be much appreciated.

Winnebago County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Winnebago County Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info for anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Winnebago County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Winnebago County Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will be released. It also depends on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate has to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Winnebago County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Winnebago County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Winnebago County Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the official Winnebago County Jail at (815) 319-6000 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Winnebago County Jail you must first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 mobile phones at Winnebago County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Winnebago County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Winnebago 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 Winnebago 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 Winnebago 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 think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records on the Winnebago County court website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and all of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Winnebago County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail might change, so be sure to double check the Winnebago County Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Winnebago 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 Winnebago County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (815) 319-6000 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 Winnebago County Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Winnebago County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear 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 ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Winnebago County Jail phone number is: (815) 319-6000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all 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 Winnebago County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower 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. 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 or prison 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 Winnebago County Jail, click the link below.

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