Rantoul Police Jail

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The Rantoul Police Jail is located at 109 East Grove Avenue in Rantoul, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Rantoul Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Rantoul Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Rantoul Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Rantoul Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rantoul Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info for anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Rantoul Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Rantoul Police Jail includes the following 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 have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge has to decide on your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to get discharged that morning.

Rantoul Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Rantoul Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Rantoul Police Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you call the facility at 217-893-0988 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Rantoul Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Rantoul Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. 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. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Rantoul Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rantoul 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 Rantoul 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 Rantoul 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the jail. This requires a 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Champaign County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail can change at any time, so double check the Rantoul Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rantoul 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 Rantoul Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-893-0988 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 Rantoul Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Rantoul Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 217-893-0988

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Rantoul 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 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 circumstances where we will not 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 or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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