Vernon County Detention Center

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The Vernon County Detention Center is located at 1320 Bad Axe Court in Viroqua, WI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Vernon County Detention Center, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Vernon County Detention Center, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Vernon County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Vernon County Detention Center Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information on anybody booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates 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 full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Vernon County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Vernon County Detention Center takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer some simple questions, such as your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take anywhere between 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. It also depends on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge has to figure out your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Vernon County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Vernon County Detention Center in advance. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Vernon County Detention Center visitation procedures can change, so you should call the official Vernon County Detention Center at (608) 637-2123 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Vernon County Detention Center you have to be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Vernon County Detention Center, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Vernon County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Vernon County Detention Center 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 Vernon County Detention Center. 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 Vernon County Detention Center 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Vernon County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket and all filings and documents filed in your case. You can access court records on the internet, or at the Vernon County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Vernon County Detention Center might change, so be sure to visit the Vernon County Detention Center site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Vernon County Detention Center

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 Vernon County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (608) 637-2123 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 Vernon County Detention Center store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Vernon County Detention Center are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (608) 637-2123

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Vernon County Detention Center. 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 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower 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 circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Vernon County Detention Center, click the link below.

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