Jefferson County Jail

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The Jefferson County Jail is located at 911 Casey Avenue in Mt Vernon, IL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the Jefferson County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Jefferson County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Jefferson County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Jefferson County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jefferson County Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. You can find info about anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information faster if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Jefferson County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Jefferson County Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the phone to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and 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 jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take between 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

Jefferson County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list information about each visitor to the Jefferson County Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Jefferson County Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Jefferson County Jail at (618) 244-8004 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Jefferson County Jail you must first be on their 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 phones are allowed at Jefferson County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Jefferson County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jefferson County 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 Jefferson County 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 Jefferson County 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, you can check the arrest warrants on the Jefferson County court website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Jefferson County Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so you should double check the Jefferson County Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jefferson County 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 Jefferson County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (618) 244-8004 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 Jefferson County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want 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 an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Jefferson County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Jefferson County Jail phone number is: (618) 244-8004

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every 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 Jefferson County 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 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 figuring 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Jefferson County Jail, click the link below.

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