Elmwood Police Jail

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The Elmwood Police Jail is located at 323 West Winter Avenue in Elmwood, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Elmwood Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything you might need to know about the Elmwood Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Elmwood Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Elmwood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Elmwood Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Elmwood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Elmwood Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get released from jail. It also will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Elmwood Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s full name to the Elmwood Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be put into the visitors log for the requesting inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 715-639-3121 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Elmwood Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Elmwood Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 Elmwood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Elmwood 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 Elmwood 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 Elmwood 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Pierce County jail website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file containing a court docket and any filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Elmwood Police Jail inmates are always changing, so you should check the Elmwood Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Elmwood 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 Elmwood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 715-639-3121 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 Elmwood Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Elmwood Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls could be reduced or totally denied.

The Elmwood Police Jail phone number is: 715-639-3121

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Elmwood Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 calling 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. 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 cases like this, 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 Elmwood Police Jail, click the link below.

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