Lake In The Hills Police Jail

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The Lake In The Hills Police Jail is located at 1115 Crystal Lake Road in Lake In The Hills, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake In The Hills Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Lake In The Hills Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Lake In The Hills Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Lake In The Hills Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake In The Hills Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting hours. You can also find information about anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Lake In The Hills Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Lake In The Hills 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.

The first step is that you will answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Lake In The Hills Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give information about each visitor to the Lake In The Hills Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go in the log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the facility at 847-658-5676 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Lake In The Hills Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

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

No phones at Lake In The Hills Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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, the minor 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Lake In The Hills Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake In The Hills 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 Lake In The Hills 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 Lake In The Hills 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, you can access court records online or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s 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, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Mchenry County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Mchenry County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee 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 crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Lake In The Hills Police Jail change frequently, so we suggest that you double check the Lake In The Hills Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake In The Hills 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 Lake In The Hills Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 847-658-5676 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 Lake In The Hills Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates 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 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 Lake In The Hills Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 847-658-5676

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every 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 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 Lake In The Hills Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Lake In The Hills Police Jail, click the link below.

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