Belmont Police Jail

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The Belmont Police Jail is located at 222 South Mound Avenue in Belmont, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Belmont Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Belmont Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Belmont Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Belmont Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Belmont Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. You can also get the same information about anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Belmont Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

First you will answer a number of questions, such as your full name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Belmont Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Belmont Police Jail in advance. This information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Belmont Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the jail at 608-762-5326 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Belmont Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Belmont Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Belmont Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Belmont 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 Belmont 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 Belmont 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access court records on the website, or at the Lafayette County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Belmont Police Jail could change, so we suggest that you double check the Belmont Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Belmont 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 Belmont Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-762-5326 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 Belmont Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use 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 the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Belmont Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 608-762-5326

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Belmont 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 how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 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 significantly 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 any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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