Galesville Police Jail

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The Galesville Police Jail is located at 16773 South Main Street in Galesville, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Galesville Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Galesville Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Galesville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info you need to make the process easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that could be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Galesville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Galesville Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find the same information on anybody booked or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Galesville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Galesville Police Jail includes these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, it can depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to be released that morning.

Galesville Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Galesville Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go in a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Galesville Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so call the jail at 608-582-4013 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Galesville Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Galesville Police Jail, and you will be searched. 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 before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 related to the inmate, this 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 Galesville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Galesville 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 Galesville 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 Galesville 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, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Trempealeau County court website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. 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 Trempealeau County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Trempealeau County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds 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 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 these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to review the Galesville Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Galesville 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 Galesville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-582-4013 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 Galesville Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products such as 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 Galesville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must 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, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 608-582-4013

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 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 Galesville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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