(608) 819-1280

I just received two calls from this number on my cell phone. I answered to silence both times and then I ***g up.

yeah I just got a call from this number also, and it's not the first time. in the past year or so i have gotten several, always spread out and random. but it's the Dane County jail. you're most likely going to get a recording and at the beginning of the recording the person who is calling you is supposed to say their name, similar to a collect call. I couldn't understand the name of the person calling me today and I have no idea of anyone that I know being in jail so it's weird to me. hope this helps.

I was awoken by this call and when I answered it was a recording. It happened yes****ay and freaked me out since I didn't know where it came from and there were 2 inmates who had escaped from a nearby prison!

I was awoken by this call and when I answered it was a recording. It happened yes****ay and freaked me out since I didn't know where it came from and there were 2 inmates who had escaped from a nearby prison!

I got two of these calls last night at 2:45 in the morning.  When I saw the missed calls on my cell phone I was wondering who would be calling me at that time in the morning without leaving a message.  Rather than calling the number to find out who called me ( with my caller ID off of co**** ) I thought it would be better to look up the number on the web.  After seeing where this came from this really infuriates me!  Why would I be getting a call from so****ing like this?  Does the Do Not Call list even apply to this?

Ive received 2 of these calls.

Need to know where this call came from.Thank you

Called. Didn't leave message

Been getting this call every night for the last few days.  Haven't answered it but my mother-in-law has been getting it too (she lives in same town) and answered it once but ***ody responded.  My wife traced it to the corner of Park St. and W. Washington in Madison which is loosely close to the jail I guess.

got a call from 608-819-1280

Call came in at 9:24 no one said anything when I answered other than a recording...this isn't the first time I've had calls like this...

608-819-1280 called repeatedly acting like I knew him.  Thanks to Tims comments I called IC Solutions (Inmate Calling Solutions) at 866-228-4031 to have my phone number blocked from that facility. It was easy to have my number blocked and they advised me it was inmate Kennith Sanders trying to reach me.  I don't know Kennith Sanders.  Thanks to everyone who posts on this site.  It was very helpful to me and I hope I can help someone else.

First, thanks everybody for your very helpful postings!  Last night at 10:40 pm, my elderly mom was s****led awake by a call identified by her caller ID as "inmate calling 819-1280."  She did not answer.  When I checked into it, it did originate from the Dane County Jail in Madison, WI.  The phone system provider is a company called Inmate Calling Solutions.  I called ICS's toll-free number provided by Tim (above)--1-866-228-4031.  Their phone representative blocked her number from receiving such calls.  Thanks Tim.  Below is an interesting newspaper article from  The Capital Times, September 21, 2007, regarding inmate calls:Jail phone profit stream dries up in 2009County Board agrees to new provisionsNathan J. CompCorrespondent for The Capital TimesSeptember 21, 2007The days of Dane County profiting when jail inmates call relatives or do their laundry are drawing to a close.After nearly three hours of debate -- sometimes heated, sometimes convoluted -- the Dane County Board late Thursday passed an ordinance that begins weaning the county of a controversial stream of revenue s****ing in the spring of 2009.The new law, which takes effect after a contract with Inmate Calling Solutions expires, is stronger than a proposed compromise that had won support from County Executive Kathleen Falk and Sheriff Dave Mahoney.The proposal's sponsor, downtown Madison Supervisor Ashok ***ar, called it "the best case scenario."Approved on 24-11 vote, the ordinance requires the county to enter contracts that provide the lowest possible costs to inmates rather than one meant to make the county money. Under the current contract, charges to inmates' families -- which included $4.25 connection fees and up to 50-cent per minute rates -- had brought in close to $1 million annually to the county.Under the two-year contract with Inmate Calling Solutions, the county is getting 57 percent of the profits generated from inmate phone calls. The money goes to the county's general fund.Proponents of ***ar's proposal argued that the profiteering was imm**** and unjust, while opponents fretted over the proposal's cost to the county.Several supervisors lamented the county's reliance on these contracts."We're addicted to this money," said Supervisor Dave de Felice, of Madison. "We've lost all of our m**** compass and direction for a million bucks a year."Before the debate began, 16 citizens -- ranging from student activists, a mother with a son in jail and a UW-Madison Law School professor -- spoke out in favor of the ordinance, saying that it was the board's m**** obligation to end the profiteering off of the county's poorest and most disenfranchised residents. About 20 more registered their support, but didn't speak."The fact of the matter is that a large percentage of the people in Dane County Jail are there pre-trial and can't afford to make bail," argued law professor Krista Ralston. "They are there on minor crimes. They cannot afford the costs of this profiteering. They can't afford to call their families."Former Supervisor Andy Olsen delivered a nuanced oratory, which concluded with him suggesting the board "chip away" at the issue rather than pass the ordinance.Falk and Mahoney initially opposed the proposal, worried that, even with a two-year delayed effect, the county would still be left with a substantial hole in its $500,000 million annual budget. Last year, the county generated more than $1 million annually from inmate phone call, laundry and commissary services.Both backed the measure after revisions to the proposal tied it to a comprehensive audit of Dane County's criminal justice system. The report, prepared by the Ins***ute for Law and Policy Planning and released last month, contained several recommendations for making the county's justice system more efficient, including s***ding court proceedings to get inmates out of jail quicker.If the county em***ces the recommendations, the report predicts, the county can stop sending inmates to other counties' jails and will not need to build a new jail. After weeks of negotiations between Falk's office and the proposal's sponsors, it was agreed that revenues currently generated by inmate phone calls would be recovered through savings from reducing the number of inmates shipped to out-of-county jails, which costs upwards of $3 million annually.But the board struck down those revisions last night, after which Supervisor Richard Brown moved to postpone the vote for six months. ***ar quickly consulted with Brown, who apparently felt the proposal was on the verge of being ****ed. After much debate, Brown's motion to postpone the vote failed, 23 to 12.According to ***ar, the audit tie-in never had much support and he doesn't expect Falk to veto it."Except Falk, me and some others, no one really wanted it," ***ar said after the meeting. "I doubt she's going to veto it. It's a progressive issue and she's a progressive person. And if she does, we'll override it."Falk's office wasn't immediately available for comment today.County Board vote on limiting jail profits   For: Carousel Bayrd, Richard Brown, Dave de Felice, Elaine DeSmidt, Patrick Downing, Mike Hanson, John Hendrick, Brett Hulsey, Ashok ***ar, Al Matano, Mark Opitz, Rich Pertzborn, Kyle Richmond, Paul Rusk, Bob Salov, Ruth Ann Sc***r, Tom ******g, Shelia Stubbs, Barbara Vedder, Matt Veldran, Donna Vogel, Dorothy Wheeler, David Worzala, Scott McDonell.   A***nst: Eileen Bruskewitz, Duane Gau, Gerald Jensen, Jeff Kostelic, Jack Martz, Patrick Miles, Dennis O'Loughlin, Dave Ripp, Dale Suslick, Dave Wiganowsky, Mike Willett.   Absent: Chuck Erickson, Vern Wendt.

I have had the same problem from the same number for the past few months.  I finally was directed to call IC Solutions (Inmate Calling Solutions) at 866-228-4031 to have my phone number blocked from that facility.

Call came from Dane Co. Jail, Madison, WI. The caller said it was a wrong number but still wanted me to arrange a three way call for him. I said no and ***g up. It was a collect call and cost me $4.35

The call is from Dane County Jail in Madison, WI.  It is a collect call which is expensive

call came in and caller didn't leave a message

Call came in, caller didn't leave msg.  Caller ID said Inmate Center

Call came in.  Caller didn't leave a msg.