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Georgetown Police Jail Information

Address

Georgetown Police Jail
200 South Main Street
Georgetown, IL 61846-1854

Phone Number

Phone: 217-662-2131

The Georgetown Police Jail is located at 200 South Main Street in Georgetown, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Georgetown Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything related to the Georgetown Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Georgetown Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and tips that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Georgetown Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend that is incarcerated and need to locate them? Do you know a friend or family member that has been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

To look up who’s in jail at the Georgetown Police Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Georgetown Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people currently in custody, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get information for anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Georgetown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Georgetown Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the telephone in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes from 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get out of jail. It also can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge must determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Georgetown Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s full name to the Georgetown Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the log as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Georgetown Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 217-662-2131 before you try to go to visitation.

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

In order to visit someone at the Georgetown Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

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

No phones at Georgetown Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 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 Georgetown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Georgetown 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

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Georgetown Police Jail:

Georgetown Police Jail
200 South Main Street
Georgetown, IL 61846-1854

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Georgetown Police Jail
200 South Main Street
Georgetown, IL 61846-1854

The Georgetown Police Jail inmate mail policy changes, so it would be best to check the site when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Georgetown 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 Georgetown 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 find out by checking the court records on the website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Vermilion County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the Vermilion County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Georgetown Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to review the Georgetown Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Georgetown 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 Georgetown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-662-2131 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 Georgetown Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Georgetown Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 217-662-2131

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Georgetown Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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