Lena Police Jail

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The Lena Police Jail is located at 117 East Main Street in Lena, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lena Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Lena Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Lena Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Oconto County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

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Who’s In Jail

The Lena Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information about anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their inmate information fast if you have their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Lena Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process may take anywhere between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge has to figure out your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Lena Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Lena Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go in a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Lena Police Jail frequently change, so call the jail at 920-829-5950 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Lena Police Jail you have to have your name 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 at Lena Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Lena Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lena 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 Lena 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 Lena 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Oconto County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and all documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Lena Police Jail could change, so it would be best to review the Lena Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lena 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 Lena Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 920-829-5950 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 Lena Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from 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 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

The only phone calls that Lena Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 920-829-5950

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each 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 these phone service providers make off of 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 Lena 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 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 figuring out 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their inmate 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 Lena Police Jail, click the link below.

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