Floodwood Police Jail

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The Floodwood Police Jail is located at 206 East 8Th Avenue in Floodwood, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Floodwood Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything you might need to know about the Floodwood Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Floodwood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Floodwood Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can find the same information about anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information fast if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Floodwood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Floodwood Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

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

You will then be allowed to use the phone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged takes between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, it will depend on whether you have a bond amount or if the magistrate must decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be released in the morning.

Floodwood Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s full name to the Floodwood Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Floodwood Police Jail at 218-476-2239 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Floodwood Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Floodwood Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If a 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 Floodwood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Floodwood 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 Floodwood 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 Floodwood 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the St Louis County jail website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that 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 can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates can change at any time, so you should check the Floodwood Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Floodwood 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 Floodwood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 218-476-2239 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 Floodwood Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Floodwood Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive 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 you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 218-476-2239

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Floodwood Police Jail. The rates 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out 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 calling 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 prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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