Waunakee Police Jail

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The Waunakee Police Jail is located at 205 North Klein Drive in Waunakee, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Waunakee Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Waunakee Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Dane County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and tips you need to make the process easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that could help others will be much appreciated.

Waunakee Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Waunakee Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information about anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information fast if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Waunakee Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Waunakee Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some basic questions, like your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to determine how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Waunakee Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Waunakee Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 608-849-4523 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Waunakee Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved 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 without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Waunakee Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Waunakee Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Waunakee 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 Waunakee 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 Waunakee 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 check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Dane County court website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. 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.

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 driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to double check the Waunakee Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Waunakee 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 Waunakee Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-849-4523 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 Waunakee Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear 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 a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have 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

The only phone calls that Waunakee Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Waunakee Police Jail phone number is: 608-849-4523

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Waunakee Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 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 will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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