Monroe Police Jail

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The Monroe Police Jail is located at 1811 12Th Street in Monroe, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Monroe Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Monroe Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Monroe Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Monroe Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Monroe Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals currently in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. You can also get info on anybody processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their arrest information fast if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Monroe Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Monroe Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a judge must determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Monroe Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list information about each visitor to the Monroe Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so call the facility at 608-329-2400 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Monroe Police Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Monroe Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Monroe Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Monroe 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 Monroe 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 Monroe 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, you are able to check the court records online or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Green County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Monroe Police Jail might change, so it would be best to check the Monroe Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Monroe 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 Monroe Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-329-2400 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 Monroe Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Monroe Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should 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, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Monroe Police Jail phone number is: 608-329-2400

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 the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Monroe 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call 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 facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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