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Jackson County Jail Information

Address

Jackson County Jail
30 North 3rd Street
Black River Falls, WI 54615

Phone Number

Phone: (715) 284-8184

The Jackson County Jail is located at 30 North 3rd Street in Black River Falls, WI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything related to the Jackson County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and tips you need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Jackson County Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that has gone to jail and don’t know how to contact them? Do you know a family member or friend that’s been arrested and you need to find out what jail they’re in?

In order to search who is in jail at the Jackson County Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jackson County Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information for anybody processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their inmate information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Jackson County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Jackson County Jail is made up of these 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 step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Jackson County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Jackson County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the log for the inmate. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Jackson County Jail are always changing, so call the jail at (715) 284-8184 before you go.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Jackson County Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Jackson County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a 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 magazines to an inmate at the Jackson County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jackson County 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Jackson County Jail:

Jackson County Jail
30 North 3rd Street
Black River Falls, WI 54615

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Jackson County Jail
30 North 3rd Street
Black River Falls, WI 54615

The mail policy at the Jackson County Jail changes often, so it would be best to visit the site before you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Jackson County 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 Jackson County 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Jackson County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that contains a docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the Jackson County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Jackson County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to check the Jackson County Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jackson County 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 Jackson County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (715) 284-8184 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 inmateâ€™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 Jackson County Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Jackson County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Jackson County Jail phone number is: (715) 284-8184

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 get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Jackson County 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 figuring out how to lower 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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