Monona Police Jail

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The Monona Police Jail is located at 5211 Schluter Road in Monona, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Monona Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Monona Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Monona Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Monona Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals currently in custody, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info about anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information more quickly if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Monona Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Monona Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some questions, like your legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be freed. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Monona Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list information about each visitor to the Monona Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so you should call the jail at 608-222-0463 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Monona Police Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Monona Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation 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 Monona Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Monona 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 Monona 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 Monona 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Dane County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail are always changing, so you should double check the Monona Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Monona 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 Monona Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-222-0463 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 Monona Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Monona Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 608-222-0463

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 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 Monona 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 things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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