Viroqua Police Jail

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The Viroqua Police Jail is located at 702 East Broadway Street in Viroqua, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Viroqua Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Viroqua Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Viroqua Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that might help others is much appreciated.

Viroqua Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Viroqua Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information about anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get their inmate information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Viroqua Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Viroqua Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, plan to get discharged that morning.

Viroqua Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide information about each visitor to the Viroqua Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. All visitors must provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Viroqua Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the facility at 608-637-2121 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Viroqua Police Jail you must first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Viroqua Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 Viroqua Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Viroqua 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 Viroqua 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 Viroqua 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Vernon County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. 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 if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Vernon County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket and any documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, 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 procedure to send money to Viroqua Police Jail jail inmates might change, so check the Viroqua Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Viroqua 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 Viroqua Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-637-2121 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 Viroqua Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Viroqua Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and 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 could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 608-637-2121

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all 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 Viroqua Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 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 phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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