Wauconda Police Jail

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The Wauconda Police Jail is located at 311 South Main Street in Wauconda, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Wauconda Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything related to the Wauconda Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Wauconda Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Lake County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Wauconda Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wauconda Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get information about anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Wauconda Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You will answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to use the phone to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged will take between 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to be discharged that morning.

Wauconda Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Wauconda Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Wauconda Police Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the official Wauconda Police Jail at 847-526-2421 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Wauconda Police Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Wauconda Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 the 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 magazines to an inmate at the Wauconda Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wauconda 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 Wauconda 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 Wauconda 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Lake County jail website or you can 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 the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents filed in the court case. You can access court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail is likely to change, so you should check the Wauconda Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wauconda 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 Wauconda Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 847-526-2421 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 Wauconda Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Wauconda Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Wauconda Police Jail phone number is: 847-526-2421

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Wauconda Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 calling 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 prisons or jails 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 these cases, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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