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Onalaska Police Jail Information

Address

Onalaska Police Jail
415 Main Street
Onalaska, WI 54650-2953

Phone Number

Phone: 608-781-9529

The Onalaska Police Jail is located at 415 Main Street in Onalaska, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Onalaska Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Onalaska Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Onalaska Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is in jail and want to contact them? Do you know someone who has been arrested and you want to find them?

In order to search who’s in jail at the Onalaska Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Onalaska Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information for anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Onalaska Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Onalaska Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to 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 get discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be released that morning.

Onalaska Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Onalaska Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Onalaska Police Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 608-781-9529 before you go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

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

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Onalaska Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on 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 magazines to an inmate at the Onalaska Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Onalaska 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.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Onalaska Police Jail, use this address:

Onalaska Police Jail
415 Main Street
Onalaska, WI 54650-2953

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Onalaska Police Jail
415 Main Street
Onalaska, WI 54650-2953

The mail policy at the Onalaska Police Jail is always changing, so be sure to double check the official website when you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Onalaska 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 Onalaska 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 on the La Crosse County jail 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 the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the La Crosse County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Onalaska Police Jail inmates change frequently, so be sure to check the Onalaska Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Onalaska 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 Onalaska Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-781-9529 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 inmateâ€™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 Onalaska Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need 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 products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products 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 Onalaska Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

The Onalaska Police Jail phone number is: 608-781-9529

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Onalaska Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails 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 these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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