Blue Mound Police Jail

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The Blue Mound Police Jail is located at 229 North Railroad Avenue in Blue Mound, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Blue Mound Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything related to the Blue Mound Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Blue Mound Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Blue Mound Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info on anybody arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their inmate information quicker if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Blue Mound Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Blue Mound Police Jail is made up of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you must answer some basic questions, like your full name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will be released. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

Blue Mound Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Blue Mound Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put in a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Blue Mound Police Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Blue Mound Police Jail at 217-692-2711 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Blue Mound Police Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Blue Mound Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Blue Mound Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound 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 court records on the Macon County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file containing a docket and any documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Blue Mound Police Jail jail inmates could change, so be sure to double check the Blue Mound Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-692-2711 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 Blue Mound Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Blue Mound Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. 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 should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 217-692-2711

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Blue Mound Police Jail. The rates 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 figuring out how to lower 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 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 or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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