Hudson Police Jail

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The Hudson Police Jail is located at 221 Walnut Street in Hudson, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hudson Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Hudson Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Hudson Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hudson Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find information about anybody processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate the information quicker if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Hudson Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Hudson Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be released in the morning.

Hudson Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Hudson Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so call the official Hudson Police Jail at 715-386-4771 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Hudson Police Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Hudson 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 their individual supervising officer and the superintendent 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 must 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, 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 Hudson Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hudson 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 Hudson 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 Hudson 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 arrest warrants online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get 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 check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records online, or at the St Croix County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

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

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hudson 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 Hudson Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 715-386-4771 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 Hudson Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Hudson Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Hudson Police Jail phone number is: 715-386-4771

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 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 Hudson Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone 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 Hudson Police Jail, click the link below.

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