Caledonia Police Jail

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The Caledonia Police Jail is located at 304 East Main Street in Caledonia, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Caledonia Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Caledonia Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Caledonia Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Houston County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Caledonia Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Caledonia Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also get info about anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Caledonia Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Caledonia Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

First you will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. Also, it depends on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Caledonia Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s name to the Caledonia Police Jail in advance. This information will go into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors will be required to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Caledonia Police Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 507-725-3889 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Caledonia Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Caledonia Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Caledonia Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Caledonia 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 Caledonia 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 Caledonia 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 check the court records on the website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Houston County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the Houston County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Caledonia Police Jail might change, so double check the Caledonia Police Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Caledonia 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 Caledonia Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 507-725-3889 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 Caledonia Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Caledonia Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 507-725-3889

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 the prices. 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 Caledonia Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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