Deer Creek Police Jail

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The Deer Creek Police Jail is located at 102 East 1St Avenue in Deer Creek, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Deer Creek Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Deer Creek Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Deer Creek Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Deer Creek Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Deer Creek Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get information about anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Deer Creek Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Deer Creek Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer some questions, such as your legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, 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 personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process will take from 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, it can depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge has to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get released in the morning.

Deer Creek Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give information about each visitor to the Deer Creek Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Every visitor must provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies can change, so you should call the jail at 309-447-6265 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Deer Creek Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Deer Creek Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Deer Creek Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek 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 the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. 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 have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Deer Creek Police Jail inmates change frequently, so you should review the Deer Creek Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 309-447-6265 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 Deer Creek Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Deer Creek Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must 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 forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 309-447-6265

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Deer Creek Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not 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 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 Deer Creek Police Jail, click the link below.

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