Wood County Jail

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The Wood County Jail is located at 400 Market Street in Wisconsin Rapids, WI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Wood County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Wood County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Wood County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Wood County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wood County Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who are in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info for anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Wood County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Wood County Jail takes you through these steps:

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

You must answer some basic questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a phone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Wood County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list each visitor’s full name to the Wood County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered in the visitation log for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Wood County Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the jail at (715) 421-8730 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Wood County Jail you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No mobile phones at Wood County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 younger than 18 years old and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Wood County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wood 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.

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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 Wood 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 Wood 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Wood County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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 their arrest date, contact the Wood County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail is likely to change, so be sure to review the Wood County Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wood 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 Wood County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (715) 421-8730 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 Wood County Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items 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 Wood County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

The Wood County Jail phone number is: (715) 421-8730

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Wood County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 significantly 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 facility has set their 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 Wood County Jail, click the link below.

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