The booking process at the Portage City Jail includes the booking officer capturing the offender's vital details and adding it to the Portage City Jail's inmate database. The information in the Portage City Jail's inmate database constitutes the arrestee's full names and aliases, mugshots, current address, fingerprints, and nature of the crime committed. 

The Columbia County County Sheriff's Department has an inmate information center that includes an elaborate online inmate search portal. Here, anyone can search for an inmate held at the Portage City Jail. Use the inmate's first name, last name, middle name, and date of birth to generate the following inmate search results: -

• The Portage Police Department Jail
• booking Number
• Last Name
• Middle Name
• Sex
• Race
• Date of Birth
• Age

Anyone wishing to send a mail or package to an inmate held at the Portage Police Department Jail should wait until they get transferred to the Columbia County county jail. For more guidelines about sending a mail, contact the Portage Police Department Jail at 608-742-2171 or fax 608-742-1175.

Arrestees at the Portage Police Department Jail may not need any funds due to their short stay incarceration at the Portage Police Department Jail. Anyone wishing to send funds to the inmates at Portage Police Department Jail should wait until they are transferred to the Columbia County county jail. 

During the booking process at the Portage Police Department Jail, the inmates are free to make 3 calls to their friends and family members to let them know about their arrest. Inmates at Portage Police Department Jail can receive calls from the inmate any day between 8 am and 6 pm for up to 37 minutes. 

Inmates held at the Portage Police Department Jail spend a few hours or days before transferring to the Columbia County county jails. Anyone planning to visit an inmate at the Portage Police Department Jail should wait after the transfer and then book a visit using the Online Visitation Scheduling System. Or, call the Portage Police Department at 608-742-2171 on weekdays between 9 am and 2 pm.

Portage, WI Police Records

City of Columbus Municipal Warrants
Columbia County Court Records
Columbia County Pistol Permits & Gun Licenses
Columbia County Sheriff's Department Arrest Records
Columbia County Sheriff's Office Property Records
Columbia County Sheriff's Office Website
Columbus Police Department Press Releases

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