Downers Grove Police Jail

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The Downers Grove Police Jail is located at 825 Burlington Avenue in Downers Grove, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Downers Grove Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Downers Grove Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Downers Grove Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

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Who’s In Jail

The Downers Grove Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information about anybody processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their inmate information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Downers Grove Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Downers Grove Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate has to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Downers Grove Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Downers Grove Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Downers Grove Police Jail change often, so make sure that you call the official Downers Grove Police Jail at 630-434-5600 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Downers Grove Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Downers Grove Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 under the age of 18 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 Downers Grove Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Downers 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 Downers 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 Downers 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Dupage County court website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Dupage County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Dupage County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates could change, so we suggest that you check the Downers Grove Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Downers 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 Downers Grove Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 630-434-5600 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 Downers Grove Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Downers Grove Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. 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 must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Downers Grove Police Jail phone number is: 630-434-5600

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each 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 off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Downers Grove Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 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 prisons or jails 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 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 Downers Grove Police Jail, click the link below.

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