Tinley Park Police Jail

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The Tinley Park Police Jail is located at 7850 West 183Rd Street in Tinley Park, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Tinley Park Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the Tinley Park Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Cook County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that might help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Tinley Park Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tinley Park Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can find info about anyone who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you have their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Tinley Park Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Tinley Park Police Jail is made up of 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.

The first step is that you will answer some questions, like your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge must determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Tinley Park Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list information about each visitor to the Tinley Park Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Tinley Park Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the official Tinley Park Police Jail at 708-444-5300 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Tinley Park Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Tinley Park Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not 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 the 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 magazines to an inmate at the Tinley Park Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tinley Park 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 Tinley Park 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 Tinley Park 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 for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Cook County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Cook County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Tinley Park Police Jail inmates change frequently, so it would be best to double check the Tinley Park Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tinley Park 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 Tinley Park Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 708-444-5300 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 Tinley Park Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Tinley Park Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and 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 are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 708-444-5300

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Tinley Park 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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