Westville Police Jail

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The Westville Police Jail is located at 200 North Washington Street in Westville, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Westville Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the Westville Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Westville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could help others is much appreciated.

Westville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Westville Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info on anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Westville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Westville Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a phone call to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also depends on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Westville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Westville Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in a Visiting log for the inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Westville Police Jail can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 217-267-2131 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Westville Police Jail you must have your name on their 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 Westville 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 obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Westville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Westville 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 Westville 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 Westville 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check court records on the Vermilion County court website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear 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 first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You can access court records on their website, or at the Vermilion County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Westville Police Jail jail inmates could change, so we suggest that you visit the Westville Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Westville 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 Westville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-267-2131 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 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 Westville 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 need to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 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

All phone calls from the Westville Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to 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 calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Westville Police Jail phone number is: 217-267-2131

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Westville 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 the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 learning how to decrease 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 will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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