Sturgeon Bay Police Jail

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The Sturgeon Bay Police Jail is located at 421 Michigan Street in Sturgeon Bay, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sturgeon Bay Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything you might need to know about the Sturgeon Bay Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Sturgeon Bay Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sturgeon Bay Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information for anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Sturgeon Bay Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Sturgeon Bay Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Sturgeon Bay Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Sturgeon Bay Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Sturgeon Bay Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the official Sturgeon Bay Police Jail at 920-746-2450 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Sturgeon Bay Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Sturgeon Bay Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Sturgeon Bay Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sturgeon Bay 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 Sturgeon Bay 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 Sturgeon Bay 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 online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Door County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records online, or at the Door County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail change frequently, so visit the Sturgeon Bay Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sturgeon Bay 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 Sturgeon Bay Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 920-746-2450 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 Sturgeon Bay Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind 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 buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Sturgeon Bay Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: 920-746-2450

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits 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 Sturgeon Bay 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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