Oakwood Police Jail

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The Oakwood Police Jail is located at 106 South Scott Street in Oakwood, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Oakwood Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Oakwood Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Oakwood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Oakwood Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people who have been arrested, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info about anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their arrest information faster if you enter their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Oakwood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Oakwood Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to determine how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Oakwood Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide information about each visitor to the Oakwood Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Oakwood Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the official Oakwood Police Jail at 217-354-2131 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Oakwood Police Jail you must first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Oakwood Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Oakwood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Oakwood 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 Oakwood 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 Oakwood 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 court records on the website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know 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 a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Oakwood Police Jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you check the Oakwood Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Oakwood 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 Oakwood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-354-2131 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 Oakwood Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Oakwood Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or cut altogether.

The Oakwood Police Jail phone number is: 217-354-2131

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. 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 Oakwood Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, 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 Oakwood Police Jail, click the link below.

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