Mchenry Police Jail

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The Mchenry Police Jail is located at 4811 West Orchard Drive in Mchenry, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mccullom Lake Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything related to the Mchenry Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Mchenry County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that would help others would be appreciated.

Mchenry Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mchenry Police Jail Inmate List is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can find info about anyone processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Mchenry Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Mchenry Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

First, you will have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process may take between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Mchenry Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list information about each visitor to the Mchenry Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Mchenry Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the facility at 815-385-2161 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Mchenry Police Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Mchenry Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 the 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Mchenry Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mchenry 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 Mchenry 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 Mchenry 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Mchenry County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Mchenry County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file containing a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to the Mchenry County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail can change at any time, so review the Mchenry Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mchenry 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 Mchenry Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 815-385-2161 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 Mchenry Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Mchenry Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone may be limited or totally denied.

The Mchenry Police Jail phone number is: 815-385-2161

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Mchenry Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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