Fond Du Lac County Jail

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The Fond Du Lac County Jail is located at 63 Western Avenue in Fond Du Lac, WI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Fond Du Lac County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything related to the Fond Du Lac County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Fond Du Lac County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fond Du Lac County Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. You can find the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find the information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Fond Du Lac County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Fond Du Lac County Jail is made up of these steps:

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

The first step is that you have to answer some questions, like what is your legal name, your address, date of birth 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 number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process takes from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Fond Du Lac County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Fond Du Lac County Jail in advance. Your visitors will go into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

The Fond Du Lac County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Fond Du Lac County Jail at (920) 581-0375 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Fond Du Lac County Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Fond Du Lac County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Fond Du Lac County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fond Du Lac County 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 Fond Du Lac County 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 Fond Du Lac County 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 are able to check the arrest warrants online or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates change frequently, so it would be best to visit the Fond Du Lac County Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fond Du Lac County 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 Fond Du Lac County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (920) 581-0375 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 Fond Du Lac County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Fond Du Lac County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Fond Du Lac County Jail phone number is: (920) 581-0375

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Fond Du Lac County 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 figuring out 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly 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 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 will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Fond Du Lac County Jail, click the link below.

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