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Rock Falls Police Jail Information

Address

Rock Falls Police Jail
1013 Seventh Avenue
Rock Falls, IL 61071-2831

Phone Number

Phone: 815-622-1140

The Rock Falls Police Jail is located at 1013 Seventh Avenue in Rock Falls, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Rock Falls Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Rock Falls Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Rock Falls Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Whiteside County court records, and much more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask them, and any tips or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Rock Falls Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is incarcerated and need to contact them? Do you know a friend or family member who’s been arrested and you need to locate them?

To search who is in jail at the Rock Falls Police Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rock Falls Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find the same information for anyone booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their inmate information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Rock Falls Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Rock Falls Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will have to answer some questions, such as your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take between 15 minutes to all day long. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on 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 date of your release, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Rock Falls Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list each visitor’s full name to the Rock Falls Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate. Each visitor must provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the facility at 815-622-1140 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Rock Falls Police Jail you must first be added to 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 visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Rock Falls Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Rock Falls Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rock Falls 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.

Mailing Address

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Rock Falls Police Jail is:

Rock Falls Police Jail
1013 Seventh Avenue
Rock Falls, IL 61071-2831

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Rock Falls Police Jail
1013 Seventh Avenue
Rock Falls, IL 61071-2831

The Rock Falls Police Jail inmate mail policy changes often, so you should visit the site before you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Rock Falls 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 Rock Falls 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be 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, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the Whiteside County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Rock Falls Police Jail change frequently, so we suggest that you double check the Rock Falls Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rock Falls 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 Rock Falls Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 815-622-1140 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 inmateâ€™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 Rock Falls Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Rock Falls Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

The Rock Falls Police Jail phone number is: 815-622-1140

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of 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 Rock Falls Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 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 phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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