Thompsonville Police Jail

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The Thompsonville Police Jail is located at 21230 Division Street in Thompsonville, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Thompsonville Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Thompsonville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information that you need to make the process easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Thompsonville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Thompsonville Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can find the same information on anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their arrest information faster if you have their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Thompsonville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Thompsonville Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you will answer some simple questions, like your full name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. It also might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to get discharged that morning.

Thompsonville Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must list each visitor’s name to the Thompsonville Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Thompsonville Police Jail are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Thompsonville Police Jail at 618-627-2139 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Thompsonville Police Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Thompsonville Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Thompsonville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Thompsonville 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 Thompsonville 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 Thompsonville 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, you can check the arrest warrants on the Franklin County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. 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, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will 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 like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail is likely to change, so be sure to review the Thompsonville Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Thompsonville 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 Thompsonville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 618-627-2139 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 Thompsonville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary 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

The only phone calls that Thompsonville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 618-627-2139

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Thompsonville 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 is 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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