North Riverside Police Jail

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The North Riverside Police Jail is located at 2359 South Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the North Riverside Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the North Riverside Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Cook County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others is welcome.

North Riverside Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The North Riverside Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information on anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

North Riverside Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the North Riverside Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

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 hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, you should expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

North Riverside Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the North Riverside Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at North Riverside Police Jail are always changing, so you should call the facility at 708-447-9191 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the North Riverside Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at North Riverside Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 of age 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 North Riverside Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the North Riverside 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 North Riverside 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 North Riverside 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Cook County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so review the North Riverside Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at North Riverside 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 North Riverside Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 708-447-9191 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 North Riverside Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 North Riverside Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden.

The North Riverside Police Jail phone number is: 708-447-9191

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 North Riverside Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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. In some cases, 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 jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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