South Holland Police Jail

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The South Holland Police Jail is located at 16220 Wausau Avenue in South Holland, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the South Holland Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the South Holland Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the South Holland Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others is appreciated.

South Holland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The South Holland Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info on anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you have their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

South Holland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the South Holland Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some basic questions, like your legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, 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 jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge must determine how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, 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 have a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

South Holland Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the South Holland Police Jail in advance. This information will go in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at South Holland Police Jail can change, so call the facility at 708-331-3151 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the South Holland Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at South Holland Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 of age and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 South Holland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the South Holland 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 South Holland 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 South Holland 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Cook County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Cook County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the South Holland Police Jail could change, so we suggest that you review the South Holland Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at South Holland 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 South Holland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 708-331-3151 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 South Holland Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember 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 inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the South Holland Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear 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, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

The South Holland Police Jail phone number is: 708-331-3151

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 South Holland 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 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 finding out how to lower 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 South Holland Police Jail, click the link below.

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