Cook County Jail

My friend turned himself in on a probation vialation they took him to the county his next court date is april8th it is a charge from 04 and he did not complete probation he has not been in trouble at all since then should he be let out on that court date

also depends what the probation violation is for if he caught another case he could be sentenced to whatever the sentence was for his original arrest. if its just for not paying a fine or something it might not be so bad

If he turned himself in without an attorney he is a fool. He should talk to his attorney. The judge can revoke probation and sentence him to the full prison (felony) or jail (misdemeanor) term. The judge can also re-instate the probation under stricter conditions. The fact he didn't get in trouble is good but will not necessarily get him off the hook. He could face an additional charge of violating his probation and be sentenced to even more time. In that position, he definitely should be obtaining legal advice.

Yes he does have a attorney and had one when he got there.

Thank you for your Quick responce.I would also like to know how long does it take to get your comacerry in there? A few more things I would like to know if he lives out of state does that help or hurt and he is VERY ILL and his meds cost alot of $ will that sadly help? I am very concerned about the conditions in there with his illness.Thank You so much for your help.

It takes a week after one orders to get commissary. Inmates can order once per week. Living out of state means mothing good or bad. Unfortunately if he is very ill he probably won't get proper treatment. Expensive meds won't be provided. The formulary is limited and they will substitute something cheap that probably won't work or work as well. It will take a few days to a few weeks before he gets any necessary medication that is not absolutely common like insulin or common antiseizure drugs. Nothing will help. He will be treated like dirt, medically neglected, verbally abused, assumed to be a violent irrational nut, and physically battered if he says boo. It has to do with the dismally low requirements to be a guard and there complete lack of training in recognizing, questioning about, or dealing with all but the usual medical problems. One nurse told me "I don't give a damn if you die. I don't like being a nurse and I took this job so I wouldn't have to do it and could still get my pension".

Thanks again Linda it is so hard for me to wrap my head around the conditions in there . I didnot know it was as bad as it is or he would have not done the right thing by turning himself.What I don`t understand if they were going to give him 6 months and he had set up a court date with this atty. why would they not have giving him that time when he showed up why wait and take up the courts time with this april 8th court date?Do you think they are teaching him a lesson and will let him out on April8 or is that when they will give him more time? We are going to go to Chicago to the court date will it help if we say or wright the Judge a letter we have not been in any trouble in our lives or does that not matter? Would it help if we got some real high price att. or would the outcome be the same. Thanks again you have been lots of help so far even if what you ay iss not what we want to hear.

He needs to talk to his attorney. I don't know what he was conviced of, whether he has other previous convictions, what his attorney told him before he turned himself in. Most attorneys will negotiate a deal with the prosecutor before their client turns themself in. I don't understand why your questions were not answered BEFORE he turned himself in! Yes a letter to the judge will always help. Address it to the judge and list the courtroom number and use the address 2600 S California, Chicago, IL 60608. I don't know about a different attorney. The one I list on my blogs is very good, reasonably priced, and would give you a free phone consultation. Look up my blog: cookcountyjudges.wordpress.com. I don't put information about particular attorneys directly on this web site because I am just a volunteer who answers questions and I don't think it is appropriate. Please talk to his attorney.

Hi Linda we took your advice and talked to his att. tonight he says he fully expects him to get out on the 8th . We are very relived tonight Thanks . I am so glad to have found this sight you have helped so much . What you are doing for all the people on the inside is your ticket to heaven . Hopefully everyone you have helped thanks you for all your hard work. I will let you know the outcome when its over.Or if I have any more questions you will be are go to girl for the answers. Take Care till we chat again.......THANKS

PC - I greatly appreciate the occasional thank you. I have always lived my life in service to others. I will continue to do so as long as I have the strength. People need to connect and help each other. As the population gets larger and the streets more crowded the distance between people paradoxically gets greater. We must fight this trend. Good luck with the system! May peace be with you this holiday season.

Hi Linda, You are right if people would just help each other a little more the world would be a better place. We are working this system as we need to looks like he will get out on the 8 th.Take care of yourself. And may Peace be also with you....

The only good thing I can tell you is the law automatically gives day for day good time. If his sentence is 6 mo he will therefore serve 3 months unless he acts up and gets a disciplinary ticket and they have a due process hearing and take away the good time.

Violating probation can also be considered an insult to the court and he could therefore also be charged and sentenced for contempt of court. He better make a VERY BIG apology when he sees the judge. He should grovel and admit absolute stupidity.

After doing your time how long does it take to get out of there

2-8 hours beginnin early on the day you are to be released.

FYI his charges were dropped today thanks again

Hi again Linda one more question when he gets out I understand he gets a check not his cash how will he be able to get to hotel is there a phonecall he can make to let us know when he gets ouy? Yhanks again

WHAT IS THE INMATES MAILING ADDRESS

The jail web site says the following:

The mailing address for sending letters to detainees is:

P.O. Box 089002
Chicago, Illinois 60608
Be sure to include with the address the detainees name and I.D. number.
(I.D. #'s can be retrieved from our automated system 773-869-5245 or on the web site at inmate search: http://www2.cookcountysheriff.org/search/ )

You can send up to three magazines, newspapers, or soft cover books. You must have a return address and name on the envelope's return address.

My brother has a parole hold and if bond is posted , he will still have hold on him ,Can he come out on house arrest pending a parole hearing ?

No, not unless the Prisoner Review Board of the State decides to re-instate his parole which cannot happen until he has his preliminary parole hearing before the PRB. The court has nothing to do with the parole decision.

I am trying to set phone service for my relative in the jail how do I set up and account for him to call me and others

You can prepay a commercial collect call company.

You can't put money on the County phone, but you can prepay some collect calls through commercial services:

Correctional Billing Services is a company that sets up prepaid collect calls. 1-800-844-6591 ,$25 minimum to set it up and $6.95 processing each transaction. Each call will be expensive and is limited to 10 minutes. You actually can talk only about 5 minutes because they constantly repeat a message that you are talking to an inmate and that it may be recorded and that inmates sometimes use scams.


I don't know if there are other commercial services that do the same thing. You will have to research that.

Error - actually the time you get to talk is about 10 min and the call is a 15 min call.

How do you set up a phone account for an inmate ?

My brother is locked up in cook county jail.. Is there a website I can visit to find out what he is being charged for

CPD's website under the crime map.

Hi I have a Husband in jail on burglary charges and he has this baby's mother that comes up there on Bulls**t and he hate he has to see her on his visiting days, and I'm in the process of getting an order of protection against her but anyways is there a way for an inmate to request not to see one person on his visiting days without messing up see people he actually want to see?

He should talk to his social worker and she can answer his questions.

can a new inmate go in with and use a pre-paid calling card?? cell phones can;t accept collect calls.

No they can only use the phone with collect calls.

Is there a way to send money to someone in jail through the internet?

You can check the western union web site and see if you can do it on the Internet. Please write a follow-up note to tell us if you were successful.

If you mail a money order of no more than $100 made out to the inmate, when they open and search the mail, it will be removed and deposited in commissary. The inmate will receive a receipt. He can use the money as soon as he receives the receipt. However, they are only allowed to order from commissary once per week on the day designated for their unit.

To send it by wire transfer:
The CCDOC web site says the following;
How do I wire an inmate funds for Commissary?
You can wire money to an inmate through WESTERN UNION using a QUICK COLLECT®. You will need the following information:

CODE CITY = CCDOC
STATE = Illinois
Account = [Enter the inmate's full name and I.D. #]
To locate a WESTERN UNION agent visit the WESTERN UNION Web Site or send money online using WESTERN UNION's Online Quick Collect Service.

You can get the inmates ID number at the inmate lookup part of the jail web site.

The jail web site is: cookcountysheriff.org