Peoria County Sheriff’s Office: Jail and Inmate Info

Should a family member or friend be incarcerated at the Peoria County Jail, the following information may assist you:

Visiting

Video visiting will begin on May 3, 2010. Visiting will be 7 days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. each day. Each visit is 20 minutes in length.

1. An inmate must be in custody seven (7) days before a visit is allowed.
2. All visits are scheduled in advance. You must sign up in person with a valid photo id. Visits must be scheduled 1 day in advance and may be scheduled up to seven days in the future.
3. No phone call scheduling will be allowed.
4. Providing a correct phone number will allow any changes in the visiting schedule to be sent automatically to your phone. For example, if you schedule a visit and the inmate has been released, you will receive a telephone notification that the visit has been cancelled.
5. Inmates are only allowed one (1) 20 minute visiting session per week, i.e. if someone has a visit on Tuesday, they will not be allowed a visit on Saturday or Sunday, but would be allowed one on the following Monday.
6. Please arrive approximately 20 minutes prior to your scheduled visit time. The first visit will start at 9:00 a.m. and the last visit will start at 7:30 p.m.
7. THE NEW VISITING WEEK STARTS ON SUNDAY AND RUNS TO SATURDAY.
8. Only three (3) individuals can visit an inmate in any one (1) visiting session.
9. Age 16 and over need a valid photo ID to visit.
10. Ages 0-15 must be accompanied by an adult while visiting. All persons, including babies, count as a person.
11. The visiting station will be turned on at the hour and 1/2 hour and each visit is twenty minutes in length. The booth will turn off automatically. So, if the station is turned on at 10:00, it will automatically shut off at 10:20. If the booth is turned on at 10:30, it will automatically shut off at 10:50 and so on. Hanging up the handset will stop the visit and it will not be restarted. IT IS IMPORTANT TO ARRIVE 20 MINUTES EARLY IN ORDER TO CHECK IN PRIOR TO THE START OF YOUR VISIT.
12. Visits may be monitored or recorded.
13. Staff can stop the visit if necessary.
14. Persons not visiting will not be allowed into the visiting area.
15. Please report any problems with the equipment to the staff on duty.
16. No food or drinks allowed in the visiting area and booth.
17. If you exit the visiting station, you may not return.
18. No cell phones allowed.

Acceptable Identification must have a date of birth, expiration date, and photograph, preferably a state ID or driver's license. F.O.I.D. cards, passports, etc. are also accepted. School ID's are NOT acceptable. Identification must be in English.

Please leave any personal items at home or in your vehicle, as they can not be taken back into the visiting area. No hats, coats, jackets, purses, diaper bags, cell phones, weapons, cameras, food, or drinks are allowed.

Visitors must wear appropriate clothing; visitors wearing clothing deemed inappropriate will be asked to change into something suitable or asked to leave and denied a visit. Clothing that knowingly sets off the metal detector should not be worn; if you are constantly wearing clothing such as this you will be denied a visit.

Visitors should watch their language, this is a public facility and children are often present during visiting.

Visitors are expected to follow all of the listed rules and conduct themselves in a respectful and suitable manner. Unruly visitors will be asked to leave and denied a visit. In extreme cases you will be banned from visiting temporarily or permanently.

Be courteous of the staff. Please do not use your cell phone while conducting business with the staff. It makes it difficult to hear or understand just who you are talking to.

Ignorance of the rules of visiting is not an excuse for breaking them; please make yourself familiar with the rules.

Questions can be addressed to the Deputy Corrections Superintendent on duty.
Due to unforeseen problems, visiting may be cancelled without notice.
If you experience problems during visits, please contact Assistant Correctional
Superintendent at 697-7810 or the Jail Superintendent at 697-7828.

Personal Items for Inmates

When leaving any items for an inmate, a valid ID is required. A copy of your ID will be made for items other than money left for inmates. Money can not be taken off of an inmate's books.
An inmate is allowed to receive:
          MALES       ~ three (3) pairs of boxers (no briefs or boxer-briefs)
          FEMALES    ~ three (3) bras and three (3) panties
No buttons, snaps, etc. are allowed on underwear. Bras may not contain under wires or any other hard materials. They must be in original packaging and unopened. Opened packaging will not be taken.

Prescription Medicine is acceptable, as are eyeglasses, contacts, and contact solution.

Books can not be left for inmates, but inmates can receive a newspaper subscription directly from the newspaper company. Mail must be sent through the postal service.

Commissary

Commissary is held once per week, on Wednesday. Should you wish to drop off money for an inmate to use for commissary, you need to do so prior to midnight on the Sunday before the next Wednesday commissary. Cash is accepted in person only. Do not mail cash. Money orders and cashiers checks should be made payable to the inmate and may be delivered in person or mailed through the U.S. Postal Service.

Bond Money

Bond money, in the form of cash, money order, or cashiers check, is accepted 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. In addition to the bond, a bonding fee is assessed to process the paperwork.

Mail

To send mail to an Inmate, address it in the following manner:

(Inmate's Name)
c/o Peoria County Jail
301 N. Maxwell Road
Peoria, IL 61604

Please note that all incoming Inmate mail will be opened and inspected for contraband, but not read.