Fox River Grove Police Jail

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The Fox River Grove Police Jail is located at 305 Illinois Street in Fox River Grove, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fox River Grove Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Fox River Grove Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Fox River Grove Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fox River Grove Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get the same information about anyone arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their inmate information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Fox River Grove Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Fox River Grove Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process may take between 10 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get released. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge must figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be discharged that morning.

Fox River Grove Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list information about each visitor to the Fox River Grove Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at 847-639-2411 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Fox River Grove Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Fox River Grove Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Fox River Grove Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fox River Grove 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 Fox River Grove 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 Fox River Grove 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Mchenry County court website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that contains a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the Mchenry County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates can change at any time, so you should review the Fox River Grove Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fox River Grove 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 Fox River Grove Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 847-639-2411 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 Fox River Grove Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Fox River Grove Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 847-639-2411

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits 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 Fox River Grove Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 rates so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Fox River Grove Police Jail, click the link below.

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