Abbotsford Police Jail

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The Abbotsford Police Jail is located at 203 East Birch Street in Abbotsford, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Colby-Abbotsford Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything related to the Abbotsford Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Abbotsford Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information that you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could help others is welcome.

Abbotsford Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Abbotsford Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to get information for anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Abbotsford Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Abbotsford Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer a number of questions, like your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical 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 discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

Abbotsford Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Abbotsford Police Jail in advance. This information will be entered into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the official Abbotsford Police Jail at 715-223-2313 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Abbotsford Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Abbotsford Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Abbotsford Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Abbotsford 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 Abbotsford 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 Abbotsford 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the 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 down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Clark County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file containing a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail can change at any time, so be sure to review the Abbotsford Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Abbotsford 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 Abbotsford Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 715-223-2313 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 Abbotsford Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from 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 trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Abbotsford Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must 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, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated completely.

The Abbotsford Police Jail phone number is: 715-223-2313

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 the prices. The profits off of all inmate phone calls 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 Abbotsford Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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