Turtle Lake Police Jail

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The Turtle Lake Police Jail is located at 115 Martin Avenue in Turtle Lake, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Turtle Lake Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Turtle Lake Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Turtle Lake Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Turtle Lake Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and times you can visit. You can find information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Turtle Lake Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Turtle Lake Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you must answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to figure out your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, you should expect to be released in the morning.

Turtle Lake Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name to the Turtle Lake Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 715-986-2942 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Turtle Lake Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Turtle Lake Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Turtle Lake Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Turtle Lake 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 Turtle Lake 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 Turtle Lake 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access court records online or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Barron County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Barron County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail might change, so you should visit the Turtle Lake Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Turtle Lake 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 Turtle Lake Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 715-986-2942 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 Turtle Lake Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Turtle Lake Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: 715-986-2942

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Turtle Lake Police Jail. The rates 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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