Buffalo County WI Jail | Alma, Wisconsin

407 S 2nd St
Alma, WI 54610-9715

(608) 685-4433
(608) 685-3379
Buffalo County WI Jail
Sheriff Michael Schmidtknecht
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Buffalo County WI Jail

The Buffalo County WI Jail in Buffalo County serves as a prison facility for the city of Alma and other smaller towns surrounding Buffalo. As well as inmates awaiting transfer to other prisons, jails and State penitentiaries. In order to visit inmates at Buffalo County WI Jail, you'll be traveling to Alma, WI, 54610-9715 in Buffalo. The address of this facility is listed as 407 S 2nd St. But it's important that you verify that your inmate is at this location before making travel arrangements.

Prisons in WI, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of Buffalo County WI Jail. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here: jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, click here: send postcards. Calling your inmate is the best way to get details about mail and visitation rules for Buffalo County WI Jail. They can provide you with their individual allowed prison call times and visitation hours and open days. Every prison facility in WI has its own rules. Your loved one will generally be informed of the rules for that facility and any individual restrictions applied.

Buffalo County WI Jail is a County Jail facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Buffalo County WI Jail will be treated. Prisons and jails today charge for everything. You can expect to pay for soap, toothpaste, phone calls and stamps, books and even paper are all provided for a fee that is often many times higher than the price paid in the free world. Setting up an economical phone service so you can communicate without long distance charges is the first step. Then you should ask your inmate what else they will need and how you can properly send it.

Buffalo County WI Jail is located in the CST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Buffalo County WI Jail warden is Sheriff Michael Schmidtknecht. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Buffalo County WI Jail by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Buffalo County WI Jail. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.
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