Lake Mills Police Jail

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The Lake Mills Police Jail is located at 304 South Mill Street in Lake Mills, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake Mills Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything related to the Lake Mills Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Lake Mills Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake Mills Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. You can also find info on anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Lake Mills Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Lake Mills Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

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

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes between 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the judge must decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Lake Mills Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Lake Mills Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Lake Mills Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the official Lake Mills Police Jail at 641-592-2188 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Lake Mills Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’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 cellphones at Lake Mills Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Lake Mills Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake Mills 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 Lake Mills 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 Lake Mills 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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, and their arrest date, contact the Winnebago County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are 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 such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Lake Mills Police Jail inmates might change, so review the Lake Mills Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake Mills 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 Lake Mills Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 641-592-2188 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 Lake Mills Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 account. These products 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 Lake Mills Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear 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 may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 641-592-2188

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Lake Mills 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 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 decrease 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly 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 phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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