Bayview Gardens Police Jail

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The Bayview Gardens Police Jail is located at 300 Garber Lane in Bayview Gardens, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bayview Gardens Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Bayview Gardens Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Bayview Gardens Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that could help others will be much appreciated.

Bayview Gardens Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bayview Gardens Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and times you can visit. You can also get information about anyone processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Bayview Gardens Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Bayview Gardens Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you must answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be released in the morning.

Bayview Gardens Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Bayview Gardens Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 309-822-8175 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Bayview Gardens Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Bayview Gardens Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must 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, the minor 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 Bayview Gardens Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bayview Gardens 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 Bayview Gardens 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 Bayview Gardens 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Woodford County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail could change, so we suggest that you double check the Bayview Gardens Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bayview Gardens 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 Bayview Gardens Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 309-822-8175 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 Bayview Gardens Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates 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 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Bayview Gardens Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 309-822-8175

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Bayview Gardens 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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