Eureka Police Jail

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The Eureka Police Jail is located at 210 North Main Street in Eureka, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Eureka Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything related to the Eureka Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Eureka Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Woodford County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Eureka Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Eureka Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you have your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Eureka Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Eureka Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you will be released. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Eureka Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give information about each visitor to the Eureka Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. All visitors has to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Eureka Police Jail frequently change, so you should call the jail at 309-467-2541 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Eureka Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Eureka Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Eureka Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Eureka 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 Eureka 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 Eureka 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the Woodford County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Woodford County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and any documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Woodford County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if 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 get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail is likely to change, so be sure to review the Eureka Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Eureka 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 Eureka Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 309-467-2541 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 Eureka Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Eureka Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 309-467-2541

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Eureka Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 lower 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 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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