Orfordville Police Jail

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The Orfordville Police Jail is located at 106 North Center Street in Orfordville, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Orfordville Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Orfordville Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that might help others is much appreciated.

Orfordville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Orfordville Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information on anybody booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Orfordville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Orfordville Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take between 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge has to decide on your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Orfordville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Orfordville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered in the log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so call the jail at 608-879-9212 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Orfordville Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Orfordville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 Orfordville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Orfordville 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 Orfordville 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 Orfordville 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Rock County jail website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in your case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Rock County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates is likely to change, so we suggest that you review the Orfordville Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Orfordville 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 Orfordville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-879-9212 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 Orfordville Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

The only phone calls that Orfordville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . 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 how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Orfordville Police Jail phone number is: 608-879-9212

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Orfordville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 finding out how to decrease 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 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 Orfordville Police Jail, click the link below.

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