Antioch Police Jail

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The Antioch Police Jail is located at 433 Orchard Street in Antioch, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Antioch Police Department.

This page tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Antioch Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Lake County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information 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, and please leave any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Antioch Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Antioch Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people who are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information about anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their inmate information faster if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Antioch Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Antioch Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will answer a number of questions, such as your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take between 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge has to decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Antioch Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s full name to the Antioch Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at 847-395-8585 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Antioch Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Antioch Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a 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 a family member of the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Antioch Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Antioch 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 Antioch 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 Antioch 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records on the website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind 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, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket and all filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Antioch Police Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to check the Antioch Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Antioch 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 Antioch Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 847-395-8585 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 Antioch Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including 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 Antioch Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates 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 may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: 847-395-8585

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Antioch Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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. In some cases, 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 facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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