Albert Lea Police Jail

---

The Albert Lea Police Jail is located at 411 South Broadway Avenue in Albert Lea, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Albert Lea Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Albert Lea Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Freeborn County court records, and much more.

Top 10 Searches for Albert Lea Police Jail

1. Albert Lea Police Jail Information
2. Albert Lea Police Jail Inmate Search
3. Freeborn County Inmate Search in Albert Lea, MN
4. Albert Lea Police Jail Visitation Rules
5. What Are the Visitation Hours for Albert Lea Police Jail
6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Albert Lea Police Jail
7. Albert Lea Police Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Albert Lea Police Jail
10. How to Search Freeborn County Arrest Records

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and also any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Albert Lea Police Jail Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Albert Lea Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can get the same information about anybody processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Albert Lea Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Albert Lea Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

The first step is that you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge has to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Albert Lea Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give information about each visitor to the Albert Lea Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 507-377-5212 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

---

Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Albert Lea Police Jail you must be on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Albert Lea Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Albert Lea Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Albert Lea 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.

---

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Albert Lea 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 Albert Lea 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Freeborn County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken 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 Freeborn County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and any documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the Freeborn County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Albert Lea Police Jail inmates are always changing, so be sure to check the Albert Lea Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Albert Lea 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 Albert Lea Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 507-377-5212 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 Albert Lea Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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

The only phone calls that Albert Lea Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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 jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Albert Lea Police Jail phone number is: 507-377-5212

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls are shared 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 Albert Lea Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 learning 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 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 phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

Return To Main Menu

7902