Wausau Police Jail

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The Wausau Police Jail is located at 515 Grand Avenue in Wausau, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Wausau Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Wausau Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Wausau Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Marathon County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Wausau Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wausau Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get info about anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Wausau Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Wausau Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, expect to get released in the morning.

Wausau Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s full name to the Wausau Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Wausau Police Jail frequently change, so call the facility at 715-261-7800 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Wausau Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring 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 phones at Wausau Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 old and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 magazines to an inmate at the Wausau Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wausau 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 Wausau 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 Wausau 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 can find out by checking the court records on the website or call the court. You have to have their 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 an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Marathon County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Marathon County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Wausau Police Jail inmates are always changing, so you should review the Wausau Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wausau 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 Wausau Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 715-261-7800 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 Wausau Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely 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 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 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

The only phone calls that Wausau Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: 715-261-7800

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Wausau Police Jail. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out 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 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 won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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