Chatfield Police Jail

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The Chatfield Police Jail is located at 21 2Nd Street Southeast in Chatfield, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Chatfield Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything one might want to know about the Chatfield Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Chatfield Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Chatfield Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chatfield Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find the same information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their inmate information fast if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Chatfield Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Chatfield Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will answer some simple questions, like your full name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge must determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Chatfield Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Chatfield Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

The Chatfield Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 507-867-3331 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Chatfield Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Chatfield Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Chatfield Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chatfield 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 Chatfield 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 Chatfield 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Fillmore County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is 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 containing a docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to the Fillmore County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Chatfield Police Jail change frequently, so we suggest that you review the Chatfield Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chatfield 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 Chatfield Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 507-867-3331 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 Chatfield Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely 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 inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Chatfield Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically pricier than regular phone calls. 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, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Chatfield Police Jail phone number is: 507-867-3331

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Chatfield Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Chatfield Police Jail, click the link below.

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