White Hall Police Jail

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The White Hall Police Jail is located at 116 East Sherman Street in White Hall, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the White Hall Police Department.

This page tells you info about anything related to the White Hall Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the White Hall Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

White Hall Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The White Hall Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

White Hall Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the White Hall Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a phone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, it depends on whether you have a bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

White Hall Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the White Hall Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at White Hall Police Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 217-374-2135 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the White Hall Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at White Hall Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. 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 normally approved.

If the 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the White Hall Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the White Hall 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 White Hall 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 White Hall 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 for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Greene County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Greene County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Greene County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to 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 offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the White Hall Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you review the White Hall Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at White Hall 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 White Hall Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-374-2135 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 White Hall Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 White Hall Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and 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 are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The White Hall Police Jail phone number is: 217-374-2135

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money 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 White Hall Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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