Litchfield Police Jail

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The Litchfield Police Jail is located at 120 East Ryder Street in Litchfield, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Litchfield Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Litchfield Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Litchfield Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Montgomery County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Litchfield Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Litchfield Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can find info on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Litchfield Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Litchfield Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process will take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be freed. It also can depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, 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 discharge date, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Litchfield Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Litchfield Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. All visitors is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Litchfield Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at 217-324-5991 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Litchfield Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Litchfield Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Litchfield Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Litchfield 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 Litchfield 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 Litchfield 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 are able to check the court records on the website or call the jail directly. 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 a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Montgomery County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Litchfield Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to check the Litchfield Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Litchfield 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 Litchfield Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 217-324-5991 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 Litchfield Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Litchfield Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden.

The Litchfield Police Jail phone number is: 217-324-5991

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 Litchfield Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Litchfield Police Jail, click the link below.

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