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Michael Downey, Chief of Corrections
Non-Emergency Number: (815) 802-7200
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The Kankakee County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division consists of one hundred and twenty five corrections officers, 2 commissary clerks, 4 part-time medical doctors, 1 full-time nurse and 3 part-time nurses. The Corrections Division is mainly responsible for the jail facility and inmate processing.

Construction for our new facility is complete, and was officially opened on February 11, 2005. The new facility, the Jerome Combs Detention Center, is designed to hold 312 inmates. Our old jail facility, the Kankakee County Detention Center, was designed for 106 inmates, but in 1994 was double-bunked which increased the capacity to 220. In 2003 a work release dorm was completed and the capacity increased again to 244. The average daily census for 2003 was 278.2 inmates.

The jail is comprised of separate cell blocks for felony and misdemeanors but houses a mixture of low to high risk security inmates.

Click here for a typical flow of inmate processing and additional information for visitation:


VISITATION INFORMATION:

JEROME COMBS DETENTION CENTER
Tuesday - Saturday
9:30 am - 8:00 pm
Closed between 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Visitation Telephone Number:
815-802-7272

KANKAKEE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER
Wednesday and Sundays
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Visitation Telephone Number:
815-937-3645

Visitation Rules

Inmate must have filled out a visit list.

All visitation is done by video monitor.
Your name must be on the list (anyone NOT on the list will not be allowed back to visit. If you go back anyway, visit may be cancelled and visits may be suspended for a period of time)
Visit must be made 24 hours in advance (no exceptions)
You must show picture ID. If you do not have an ID, you will not be allowed to visit.
If you have a scheduled appointment and cannot make it, you must call to cancel. If you do not call the same day, this is considered a NO CALL, NO SHOW and this is the visit for the week.
The person making the visit must be here for the visit. No one will be allowed back until that person arrives. If you cannot make your appointment, call to let us know someone else on the list will take your place.
Only 3 people will be allowed back at a time to visit (any more than 3, your visit may be cancelled).
Please remember other families are visiting. If children are running or yelling, you will be asked to take them to the lobby.
If you arrive later than your appointment time, you may not receive the full 45 minutes.
Inmate receives one visit per week.
No cell phones are allowed in the visitation area.

No food or drinks are allowed in the visitation area.

 

 

Mail Procedures

Jerome Combs Detention Center
3050 Justice Way
Kankakee, IL 60901

Kankakee County Detention Center
400 East Merchant
Kankakee, IL 60901

All mail either incoming or outgoing will be searched by an employee of the Kankakee County Sheriff's Department.
Magazines, hard cover books, calendars or newspapers are not allowed in the facility and will not be accepted through the mail.
Books may be shipped into the facility only through a bookstore, warehouse or publisher. You may send books to an inmate through Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com or a similar retailer.
No cards that play music are allowed.
All incoming mail must have a return address that includes both a name and an address.
No blank stationary, blank envelopes, stamps or blank stamped envelopes will be accepted. These items must be purchased off of commissary.
If an inmate has left the facility or has been transferred to another facility their mail will only be held for thirty days.
No newspaper or magazine clippings will be accepted.
Pictures are allowed. However, no pictures over the standard 4 x 6 size will be accepted.
Pictures may not contain any nudity, gang symbols or activity, use of drugs or alcohol or any representation of illegal activity.
All mail must be sent through the United States Post office or a commercial equivalent and may not be dropped off at the facility.

Any correspondence with another incarcerated person is prohibited unless previously approved by the Chief of Corrections.

 

 

 

INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICES

The Kankakee County Sheriff's Office has collect telephones in all housing units within the detention facilities. Many questions have arisen about receiving phone calls and what to do when a problem is encountered.

The inmate phone system is provided and maintained by Evercom Systems Inc., and services and billing information is handled by Correctional Billing Services. They may be contacted 24 hours a day 7 days a week by any of the following means:

Phone 1-800-844-6591

Email: customer_service@correctionalbillingservices.com

www.correctionalbillingservices.com

 

 

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Kankakee County Sheriff's Office
3000 S. Justice Way
Kankakee, IL 60901
Non-Emergency Number: (815) 802-7100

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