Hillsboro Police Jail

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The Hillsboro Police Jail is located at 836 Prairie Avenue in Hillsboro, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hillsboro Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Hillsboro Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Hillsboro Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Vernon County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Hillsboro Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hillsboro Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information for anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you enter their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Hillsboro Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Hillsboro Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Hillsboro Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Hillsboro Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so you should call the official Hillsboro Police Jail at 608-489-2800 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Hillsboro Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Hillsboro Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Hillsboro Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Vernon County jail website or call the court 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. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at the Vernon County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail are always changing, so be sure to double check the Hillsboro Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-489-2800 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 Hillsboro Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use 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 the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Hillsboro Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 608-489-2800

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all of the inmate phone calls are split 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 Hillsboro Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 finding out how to lower 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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