Brownstown Police Jail

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The Brownstown Police Jail is located at 14 East Main Street in Brownstown, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Brownstown Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Brownstown Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Brownstown Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that could help others is much appreciated.

Brownstown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Brownstown Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info about anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Brownstown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Brownstown Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge must determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Brownstown Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide information about each visitor to the Brownstown Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Brownstown Police Jail can change, so make sure that you call the official Brownstown Police Jail at 618-427-3345 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Brownstown Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Brownstown Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Brownstown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Brownstown 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 Brownstown 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 Brownstown 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 can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Fayette County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so it would be best to visit the Brownstown Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Brownstown 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 Brownstown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 618-427-3345 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 Brownstown Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate 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 hygiene products including 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 Brownstown Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

The Brownstown Police Jail phone number is: 618-427-3345

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 inmate phone calls 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 Brownstown Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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. In some cases, we will not 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 will be able to save you money.

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

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