Bensenville Police Jail

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The Bensenville Police Jail is located at 100 North Church Road in Bensenville, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bensenville Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Bensenville Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Bensenville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bensenville Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information for anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Bensenville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Bensenville Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer a number of questions, such as your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask 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 get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the phone so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to get released in the morning.

Bensenville Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list each visitor’s full name to the Bensenville Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so you should call the jail at 630-350-3455 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Bensenville Police Jail you have to first have your name on 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 visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Bensenville Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Bensenville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bensenville 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 Bensenville 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 Bensenville 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the Dupage County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Dupage County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Dupage County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Bensenville Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so double check the Bensenville Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bensenville 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 Bensenville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 630-350-3455 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 Bensenville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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

The only phone calls that Bensenville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 630-350-3455

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 from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Bensenville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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