Appleton Police Jail

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The Appleton Police Jail is located at 323 West Schlieman Avenue in Appleton, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Appleton Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Appleton Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Appleton Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Appleton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Appleton Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals currently in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can find info for anyone booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Appleton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Appleton Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

First you will have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, it will depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge must determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Appleton Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give information about each visitor to the Appleton Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go into the log for the inmate. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at 320-289-2356 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Appleton Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Appleton Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get 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 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 younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 Appleton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Appleton 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 Appleton 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 Appleton 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Swift County jail website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and all filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates might change, so it would be best to check the Appleton Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Appleton 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 Appleton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 320-289-2356 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 Appleton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want 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 the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Appleton Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden.

The Appleton Police Jail phone number is: 320-289-2356

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Appleton 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 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 learning 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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