Fairfax Police Jail

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The Fairfax Police Jail is located at 200 Southeast 2Nd Avenue in Fairfax, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fairfax Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Fairfax Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Fairfax Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fairfax Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find the same information on anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Fairfax Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Fairfax Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

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

You must answer some questions, like what is your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge has to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Fairfax Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Fairfax Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Fairfax Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 507-426-8240 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Fairfax Police Jail you have to be added to their 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 phones are allowed at Fairfax Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Fairfax Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fairfax 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 Fairfax 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 Fairfax 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Renville County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to the Renville County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Fairfax Police Jail are always changing, so review the Fairfax Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fairfax 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 Fairfax Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 507-426-8240 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 Fairfax 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 probably need to use 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 inmates can purchase if they have enough 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 Fairfax Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone calls may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 507-426-8240

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Fairfax 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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