Carol Stream Police Jail

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The Carol Stream Police Jail is located at 500 North Gary Avenue in Carol Stream, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Carol Stream Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Carol Stream Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Carol Stream Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information you need to make the process easier. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Carol Stream Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Carol Stream Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info about anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Carol Stream Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Carol Stream Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, like your full name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Carol Stream Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Carol Stream Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Carol Stream Police Jail frequently change, so call the official Carol Stream Police Jail at 630-668-2167 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Carol Stream Police Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Carol Stream Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Carol Stream Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Carol Stream 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 Carol Stream 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 Carol Stream 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Dupage County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Dupage County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Dupage County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Dupage County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so visit the Carol Stream Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Carol Stream 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 Carol Stream Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 630-668-2167 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 Carol Stream Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products such as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Carol Stream Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on 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 under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Carol Stream Police Jail phone number is: 630-668-2167

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services 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 of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Carol Stream 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 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 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 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 will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate 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 Carol Stream Police Jail, click the link below.

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