Willow Springs Police Jail

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The Willow Springs Police Jail is located at 8255 South Willow Springs Road in Willow Springs, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Willow Springs Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Willow Springs Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and any feedback or comments that might help others would be appreciated.

Willow Springs Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Willow Springs Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information about anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Willow Springs Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Willow Springs Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

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

They will let you make a phone call in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Willow Springs Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Willow Springs Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go into the log as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Willow Springs Police Jail frequently change, so you should call the jail at 708-839-2732 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Willow Springs Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Willow Springs Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Willow Springs Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Willow Springs 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 Willow Springs 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 Willow Springs 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 access court records on the Cook County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a docket and any documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Cook County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Willow Springs Police Jail inmates could change, so be sure to visit the Willow Springs Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Willow Springs 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 Willow Springs Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 708-839-2732 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 Willow Springs Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like 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

The only phone calls that Willow Springs Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Willow Springs Police Jail phone number is: 708-839-2732

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Willow Springs Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 figuring 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Willow Springs Police Jail, click the link below.

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