Bridgeview Police Jail

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The Bridgeview Police Jail is located at 7500 South Oketo Avenue in Bridgeview, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bridgeview Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Bridgeview Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Bridgeview Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Bridgeview Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bridgeview Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can get information about anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find the information fast if you have their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Bridgeview Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Bridgeview Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, it will depend on if you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Bridgeview Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name to the Bridgeview Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at 708-458-2144 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Bridgeview Police Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Bridgeview Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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, this 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 magazines to an inmate at the Bridgeview Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bridgeview 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 Bridgeview 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 Bridgeview 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, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Cook County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail can change at any time, so double check the Bridgeview Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bridgeview 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 Bridgeview Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 708-458-2144 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 Bridgeview Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Bridgeview Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Bridgeview Police Jail phone number is: 708-458-2144

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each 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 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 Bridgeview Police Jail. The prices 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 lower your inmates phone charges is 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Bridgeview Police Jail, click the link below.

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