Ashland Police Jail

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The Ashland Police Jail is located at 101 North Yates Street in Ashland, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ashland Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything related to the Ashland Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Ashland Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Cass County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info that you need to make the process easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Ashland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ashland Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people currently in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info for anyone processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Ashland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Ashland Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge has to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Ashland Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Ashland Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go in a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Ashland Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the official Ashland Police Jail at 217-476-3317 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Ashland Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Ashland Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 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 Ashland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ashland 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 Ashland 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 Ashland 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 the arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Cass County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the Cass County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Ashland Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to check the Ashland Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ashland 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 Ashland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-476-3317 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 Ashland Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 sufficient funds 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Ashland Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 217-476-3317

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Ashland Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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