Readstown Police Jail

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The Readstown Police Jail is located at 116 North 4Th Street in Readstown, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Readstown Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Readstown Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Readstown Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Readstown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Readstown Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. You can get info for anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Readstown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Readstown Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, it can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge must determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

Readstown Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list information about each visitor to the Readstown Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Readstown Police Jail change often, so call the facility at 608-629-5772 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Readstown Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Readstown Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Readstown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Readstown 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 Readstown 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 Readstown 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 access court records on the Vernon County court website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Vernon County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents 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 Vernon County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Vernon County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Readstown Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so you should check the Readstown Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Readstown 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 Readstown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-629-5772 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 Readstown Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their 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

The only phone calls that Readstown Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 608-629-5772

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Readstown 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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