Greenwood Police Jail

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The Greenwood Police Jail is located at 101 West School Street in Greenwood, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Greenwood Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Greenwood Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Greenwood Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Greenwood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Greenwood Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can find the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Greenwood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Greenwood Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the telephone to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, you should plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Greenwood Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Greenwood Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go in a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Greenwood Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 715-267-6215 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

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

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Greenwood Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Greenwood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Greenwood 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 Greenwood 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 Greenwood 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 think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the Clark County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you review the Greenwood Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Greenwood 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 Greenwood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 715-267-6215 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 Greenwood Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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

The only phone calls that Greenwood Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 715-267-6215

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Greenwood 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 how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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