Litchfield Police Jail

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The Litchfield Police Jail is located at 326 North Ramsey Avenue in Litchfield, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Litchfield Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Litchfield Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Litchfield Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask it, and also any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Litchfield Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Litchfield Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also get information for anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Litchfield Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Litchfield Police Jail is made up 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.

You have to answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a phone call so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Litchfield Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Litchfield Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go in a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

The Litchfield Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the jail at 320-693-5425 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Litchfield Police Jail you must first be added to their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Litchfield Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 magazines to an inmate at the Litchfield Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Litchfield 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 Litchfield 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 Litchfield 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a 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 their arrest date, contact the Meeker County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Litchfield Police Jail inmates could change, so be sure to check the Litchfield Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Litchfield 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 Litchfield Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 320-693-5425 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 Litchfield Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Litchfield Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 320-693-5425

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each 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 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 Litchfield Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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