Countryside Police Jail

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The Countryside Police Jail is located at 5550 East Avenue in Countryside, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Countryside Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Countryside Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Countryside Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Countryside Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Countryside Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can also find information about anyone booked or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information faster if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Countryside Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Countryside Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

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

They will let you use the telephone in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge has to determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Countryside Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Countryside Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so we suggest that you call the jail at 708-352-2171 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Countryside Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring 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 phones are allowed at Countryside Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Countryside Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Countryside 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 Countryside 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 Countryside 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check court records on the Cook County jail website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the Cook County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the Cook County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates is likely to change, so double check the Countryside Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Countryside 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 Countryside Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 708-352-2171 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 Countryside Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely 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 trust 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 Countryside Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get cut back or totally denied.

The Countryside Police Jail phone number is: 708-352-2171

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 the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Countryside Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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