Gibson City Police Jail

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The Gibson City Police Jail is located at 109 East 8Th Street in Gibson City, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Gibson City Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Gibson City Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Ford County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that could be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Gibson City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gibson City Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information about anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information faster if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Gibson City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Gibson City Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, 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 away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to use the phone to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process takes anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge has to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, 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 be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Gibson City Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Gibson City Police Jail before you can visit. This information will go in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the facility at 217-784-8666 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Gibson City Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Gibson City Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 Gibson City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gibson City 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 Gibson City 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 Gibson City 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check court records online or call the jail directly. 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. 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 know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Ford County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Ford County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Gibson City Police Jail could change, so be sure to check the Gibson City Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gibson City 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 Gibson City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-784-8666 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 Gibson City Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, 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 sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Gibson City 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 costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 217-784-8666

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly 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 from 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 Gibson City Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 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 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. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 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 Gibson City Police Jail, click the link below.

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