Crystal Police Jail

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The Crystal Police Jail is located at 4141 Douglas Drive North in Crystal, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Crystal Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Crystal Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

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Who’s In Jail

The Crystal Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info about anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information quicker if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Crystal Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Crystal Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

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

You will get to make a telephone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge has to determine the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Crystal Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Crystal Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors has to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 763-531-1014 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Crystal Police Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Crystal Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Crystal Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Crystal 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 Crystal 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 Crystal 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records on the website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind 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 a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Hennepin County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Hennepin County 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 totally different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Crystal Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so we suggest that you double check the Crystal Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Crystal 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 Crystal Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 763-531-1014 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 Crystal Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products 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 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

All phone calls from the Crystal Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive 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 lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: 763-531-1014

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all 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 Crystal Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 phone 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 Crystal Police Jail, click the link below.

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