Vernon Hills Police Jail

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The Vernon Hills Police Jail is located at 754 Lakeview Parkway in Vernon Hills, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Vernon Hills Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Vernon Hills Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Vernon Hills Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Vernon Hills Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Vernon Hills Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get information on anybody processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get the information faster if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Vernon Hills Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Vernon Hills Police Jail includes the following 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.

First you have to answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the telephone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. It also might depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Vernon Hills Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Vernon Hills Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Vernon Hills Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the official Vernon Hills Police Jail at 847-362-4449 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Vernon Hills Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Vernon Hills Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation 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 old and is not a family member of 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 Vernon Hills Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Vernon Hills 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 Vernon Hills 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 Vernon Hills 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get 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 Lake County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a court docket and all filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Lake County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Vernon Hills Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so you should check the Vernon Hills Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Vernon Hills 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 Vernon Hills Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 847-362-4449 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 Vernon Hills Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably 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 products that inmates 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 hygiene products such as 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 Vernon Hills Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: 847-362-4449

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control 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 Vernon Hills Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease 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 therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Vernon Hills Police Jail, click the link below.

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