West Chicago Police Jail

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The West Chicago Police Jail is located at 325 Spencer Street in West Chicago, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the West Chicago Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the West Chicago Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the West Chicago Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and advice that you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

West Chicago Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The West Chicago Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information for anybody booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

West Chicago Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the West Chicago Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

West Chicago Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s full name to the West Chicago Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The West Chicago Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the jail at 630-293-2222 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the West Chicago Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at West Chicago Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the West Chicago Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the West Chicago 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 West Chicago 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 West Chicago 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, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you are able to 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 an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the West Chicago Police Jail is likely to change, so you should review the West Chicago Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at West Chicago 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 West Chicago Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 630-293-2222 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 West Chicago Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 West Chicago Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 630-293-2222

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls are split 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 West Chicago Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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