Blanchardville Police Jail

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The Blanchardville Police Jail is located at 208 Mason Street in Blanchardville, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Blanchardville Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything you might need to know about the Blanchardville Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Blanchardville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Blanchardville Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who are in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get information about anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Blanchardville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Blanchardville Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. It also depends on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Blanchardville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give information about each visitor to the Blanchardville Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go into a log of visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 608-523-4320 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Blanchardville Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring 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 mobile phones at Blanchardville Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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, 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 magazines to an inmate at the Blanchardville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Blanchardville 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 Blanchardville 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 Blanchardville 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 can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. 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 the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the Lafayette County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Lafayette County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail are always changing, so you should check the Blanchardville Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Blanchardville 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 Blanchardville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 608-523-4320 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 Blanchardville Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably 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 a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Blanchardville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 608-523-4320

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Blanchardville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 circumstances where 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 facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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