Chippewa Falls Police Jail

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The Chippewa Falls Police Jail is located at 210 Island Street in Chippewa Falls, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Chippewa Falls Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Chippewa Falls Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Chippewa Falls Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Chippewa Falls Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chippewa Falls Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get the same information about anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Chippewa Falls Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Chippewa Falls Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

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

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take from 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should plan to get released in the morning.

Chippewa Falls Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Chippewa Falls Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Chippewa Falls Police Jail at 715-723-4424 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Chippewa Falls Police Jail you have to first be added to their visitation list.

Be sure to take 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 mobile phones are allowed at Chippewa Falls Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Chippewa Falls Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chippewa Falls 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 Chippewa Falls 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 Chippewa Falls 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 an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Chippewa County jail website or you are able to 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 an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Chippewa Falls Police Jail jail inmates might change, so it would be best to double check the Chippewa Falls Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chippewa Falls 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 Chippewa Falls Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 715-723-4424 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 Chippewa Falls Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Chippewa Falls Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive 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 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, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Chippewa Falls Police Jail phone number is: 715-723-4424

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts 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 of the 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 Chippewa Falls 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 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 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 cases like this, the jail 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 Chippewa Falls Police Jail, click the link below.

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