Melrose Police Jail

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The Melrose Police Jail is located at 112 North Washington Street in Melrose, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Melrose Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Melrose Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Melrose Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find the same information for anybody who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Melrose Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Melrose Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

First you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged will take from 30 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be freed. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released in the morning.

Melrose Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s name to the Melrose Police Jail in advance. This information will go into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the facility at 608-488-3191 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Melrose Police Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Melrose Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone 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 going to be approved.

If a 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 Melrose Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Melrose 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 Melrose 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 Melrose 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, you can check arrest warrants on the Jackson County court website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and all filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Jackson County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to 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 like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Melrose Police Jail are always changing, so be sure to check the Melrose Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Melrose 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 Melrose Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-488-3191 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 Melrose Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items 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 Melrose Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or totally denied.

The Melrose Police Jail phone number is: 608-488-3191

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, 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 Melrose Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 finding out 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 calling your inmate. 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 or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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