Elmwood Park Police Jail

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The Elmwood Park Police Jail is located at 7420 West Fullerton Avenue in Elmwood Park, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Elmwood Park Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything related to the Elmwood Park Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Elmwood Park Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and advice that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Elmwood Park Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Elmwood Park Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find info about anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Elmwood Park Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Elmwood Park Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some basic questions, like your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge has to figure out the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Elmwood Park Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Elmwood Park Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 708-453-2137 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Elmwood Park Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Elmwood Park Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must 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 old and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Elmwood Park Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Elmwood Park 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 Elmwood Park 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 Elmwood Park 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records on the Cook County court website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out 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 that contains a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your case. You can access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Elmwood Park Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so double check the Elmwood Park Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Elmwood Park 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 Elmwood Park Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 708-453-2137 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 Elmwood Park Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Elmwood Park Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or totally denied.

The Elmwood Park Police Jail phone number is: 708-453-2137

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly 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 profits from 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 Elmwood Park Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails finding out 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 will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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