Cook County Jail

WHAT PHN SERVICE DOES COOK COUNTY USES WHEN INMATES ARE 1ST TAKEN INTO CUSTODY??? ARE THERE ANY0N3 ELSE WHO SERVICE THEM BESIDES CBS!!

Please define PHN and CBS.

What's the age limit for the juvenille detention center?

How long does it take an inmate to be released after they've served their time? Do they get released from the Division they served in or do they come out another building?

Once they are scheduled for release they are taken early to division 5 and released by the big white gate 2-4 hrs later. If bond is paid they are brought to division 5 and released 2-8 hrs later.

Needing some clarification, please: sentence was for 30 days w/ judge. Can additional time off be earned once in jail to reduce time while in jail??? This is so confusing to me. Thank you in advance for your answer.

No - unlike in prison, additional good time is not earned. Jail good conduct time laws say that day for day credit is automatic. So a 30 day sentence is 15 days unless the inmate gets a disciplinary ticket and is given a good conduct hearing and then the credit is removed. Read this document that spells out IL law about good conduct jail time.

Oops! not "good conduct hearing" - meant "due process hearing"

Document: http://www.scribd.com/doc/9709683/Criminal-Law-Good-Time-Jail-Credits-Illinois-2008

However - the jail does not always follow the law and release the person at 15 days.

cook county sheriff website says that the mail for inmate cannot contain "FOREIGN OR ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE ENCLOSED". Does it mean that i have to wright a letter in english, and that if the letter is in russian, he will not receive it?

I don't really know, but foreign does not refer to language. It refers to drugs, paper clips, tape, twine, etc.

You can try calling the Executive Director's office at: 773 869-2859 and asking them your question.

Sentence for 30 days at Cook Cty, is it possible to get credit for good behavior to reduce time even further?

Statutes automatically grant day for day good time credit so a 30 day sentence = 15 days unless the good time credit is revoked for disciplinary reasons in a due process hearing. Judges however sometimes specify that the inmate must do the whole time, but I don't think this is legal.

Thanks, Linda

how do i put money on an inmates books besides money gram?

You can go to Western Union and fill out a QuickCollect form. It charges you anywhere from 7-12$ depending on your distance from the jail but it is received within 30 seconds so you know that your loved one will have it in time to order commissary

Mail the inmate a letter with a money order in the envelope for no more than $100. The jail staff puts it into his commissary account when they open and search the mail. Then they give him a receipt.

how long does it take an inmate to get out after bail is paid

2 to 8 hours in general

My brother got charged in jail for raping a male officer. How much time could he get if found guilty? He is saying they didnt give him his medicine so he wasnt at fault.

That depends upon the exact crime he was charged with and his criminal background. Sentences can be doubled if one has a criminal background. If he is found insane at the time of the crime due to lack of medication and a known psychiatric disorder, then he will be found not guilty by reason of insanity and can be remanded to a secure state mental health facility after he finishes his jail sentence (if he was serving time) or until he is found not guilty by reason of insanity. He would only be released from the mental health facility if the psychiatrists determine he has become sane and is not a danger to the community.

If he is proved in sane, he will be not guilty of anything.

yeah dart closes 2 buildings at the jail to really make room for the new receiving area and a psych division that he already obtained blue prints for. Isnt it time he gives the full info and not half truths?

Lets see they just spent 100000 dollars on a computer system in theses buildings ,and spent thousands on a camera system for these buildings.Then he decides to close them.gets on the news and states how he is saving the taxpayers money.He states that its going to save taxpayers money for staffing.mmmmmmmmm very interesting tommy boy.what about the 600 officers you make mention the day before that you are hiring.You sound like daley more and more