Cook County Jail, Illinois Inmates

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The Cook County Jail is a large capacity jail located at the 2600 South California Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60608. The jail is run by the Cook County Sheriff’s Department. It has up to 6000 inmate beds and runs several mental health programs, education programs, and GED programs for the offenders. It is ranked as 1st responders for emergency calls. Further, the jail follows top-notch protocols ensuring there is adequate security for the inmates, jail workers, and visitors.

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The Cook County Jail has an updated online inmate roster at its website. Here, members of the public can check and confirm whether their friends or family members are held at this jail. The interested party may search the roster using the inmates' full names, race, sex, and ID number. Where the search results do not yield the expected persons, the interested party may contact the Main Jail directly at 773-674-5245.

Inmates at the Cook County Jail can send and receive mail from their friends, and family members as per the approved members' list. Still, to uphold the safety and security of all persons at the facility, all incoming mails and packages are opened and checked upon arrival. Likewise, any mail or package containing contraband or violating the Main Jail’s procedures shall be returned or destroyed upon arrival. For ease of disbursement of the correspondence to the large inmate population, senders are advised to include the inmates X-reference number and housing location on the mailing address. Below are the mailing address formats:

Inmate’s Name, X-Reference number, Housing Location

Cook County Jail

2600 South California Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60608

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Your Full Name

2600 South California Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60608

All inmates at the Cook County Jail have access to the Commissary inmate account. Here, the inmates can receive and spend funds from their family members and friends. The senders deposit cash, check or money orders, quoting the inmates full names and ID at the back of the check or money order. Then, the inmates can use the funds to purchase personal items from the jail’s kiosk.

As inmates at the Cook County Jail go through the booking process, they are entitled to make one free call to their friends and loved ones. Afterwards, they shall have access to 15-minutes phone calls to anyone from the approved members’ list.

Inmates at the Cook County Jail are allowed two, 45-minutes visitations each week between 7.30 am and 2.30 pm then later in the evening between 4.30 pm and 9.30 pm. Up to three visitors that include infants and children can see the inmates at the same time. The adult visitor must produce a valid proof of identification and provide proof of relationship with the infant or child.