Manitowoc Police Jail

---

The Manitowoc Police Jail is located at 910 Jay Street in Manitowoc, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Manitowoc Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Manitowoc Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

Top 10 Searches for Manitowoc Police Jail

1. Manitowoc Police Jail Information
2. Manitowoc Police Jail Inmate Search
3. Manitowoc County Inmate Search in Manitowoc, WI
4. Manitowoc Police Jail Visitation Rules
5. What Are the Visitation Hours for Manitowoc Police Jail
6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Manitowoc Police Jail
7. How to Send Inmate Care Packages to Manitowoc Police Jail
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Manitowoc Police Jail
10. How to Search Manitowoc County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Manitowoc Police Jail Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Manitowoc Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people who are in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info for anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information quicker if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Manitowoc Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the telephone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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 jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will be freed. It also might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Manitowoc Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name to the Manitowoc Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Manitowoc Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the facility at 920-686-6500 before you try to visit an inmate.

---

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Manitowoc Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Manitowoc Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a 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 a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Manitowoc Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Manitowoc 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.

---

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Manitowoc 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 Manitowoc 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Manitowoc County court website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Manitowoc Police Jail are always changing, so be sure to double check the Manitowoc Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Manitowoc 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 Manitowoc Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 920-686-6500 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 Manitowoc Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

All phone calls from the Manitowoc Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Manitowoc Police Jail phone number is: 920-686-6500

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, 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 Manitowoc 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 is 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t 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 phone 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 Manitowoc Police Jail, click the link below.

Return To Main Menu

14725