Eau Claire Police Jail

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The Eau Claire Police Jail is located at 740 Second Avenue in Eau Claire, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Eau Claire Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Eau Claire Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Eau Claire Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and tips you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Eau Claire Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Eau Claire Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info about anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information fast if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Eau Claire Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Eau Claire Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, such as your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a phone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process will take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, it will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Eau Claire Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide each visitor’s name to the Eau Claire Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the log as an approved visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the official Eau Claire Police Jail at 715-839-4972 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Eau Claire Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Eau Claire Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Eau Claire Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Eau Claire Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Eau Claire Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Eau Claire Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the Eau Claire County court website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Eau Claire County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so you should double check the Eau Claire Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Eau Claire Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Eau Claire Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 715-839-4972 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Eau Claire Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Eau Claire Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 715-839-4972

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Eau Claire Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Eau Claire Police Jail, click the link below.

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