Brownsville Police Jail

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The Brownsville Police Jail is located at 514 Railroad Street in Brownsville, WI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Brownsville Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Brownsville Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Brownsville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Brownsville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Brownsville Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get the same information on anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Brownsville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Brownsville Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will answer some basic questions, such as your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also depends on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate must determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Brownsville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Brownsville Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered in a log of visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Brownsville Police Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 920-583-4087 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Brownsville Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No phones are allowed at Brownsville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 the 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Brownsville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Brownsville 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 Brownsville 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 Brownsville 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Dodge County court website or you are able to call the jail. 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Dodge County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that 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 will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Brownsville Police Jail change frequently, so you should double check the Brownsville Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Brownsville 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 Brownsville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 920-583-4087 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 Brownsville Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need 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 the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Brownsville Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 920-583-4087

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Brownsville 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 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 Brownsville Police Jail, click the link below.

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