Woodford County Jail

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The Woodford County Jail is located at 111 East Court Street in Eureka, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Woodford County Sheriff’s Department.

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

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Woodford County Jail
10. How to Search Woodford County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it, and any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Woodford County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Woodford County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can also find info about anybody processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information fast if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Woodford County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Woodford County Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process will take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. It also will depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on 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. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Woodford County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Woodford County Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor must provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the official Woodford County Jail at (309) 467-2116 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Woodford County Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Woodford County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Woodford County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Woodford 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 Woodford 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 Woodford 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Woodford County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Woodford County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Woodford County Jail inmates can change at any time, so you should double check the Woodford County Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Woodford 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 Woodford County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (309) 467-2116 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 Woodford County Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Woodford County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much 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 you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: (309) 467-2116

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 get to set the prices. The profits off of 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 Woodford County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. 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 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 Woodford County Jail, click the link below.

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