Waukesha Police Jail

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The Waukesha Police Jail is located at 1901 Delafield Street in Waukesha, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the City Of Waukesha Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything related to the Waukesha Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that could be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Waukesha Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Waukesha Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can also get information on anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information quicker if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Waukesha Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Waukesha Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a number of questions, such as your full name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the telephone so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate has to figure out your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Waukesha Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s full name to the Waukesha Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Waukesha Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 262-524-3831 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Waukesha Police Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Waukesha Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Waukesha Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Waukesha 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 Waukesha 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 Waukesha 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 website or you are able to call the court. 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 there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Waukesha County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Waukesha County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail might change, so you should double check the Waukesha Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Waukesha 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 Waukesha Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 262-524-3831 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 Waukesha Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Waukesha Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

The Waukesha Police Jail phone number is: 262-524-3831

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Waukesha Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 will not 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 jail 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 Waukesha Police Jail, click the link below.

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