Benson Police Jail

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The Benson Police Jail is located at 1410 Kansas Avenue in Benson, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Benson Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Benson Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Benson Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Benson Police Jail
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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information that you 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 comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Benson Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Benson Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Benson Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Benson Police Jail includes the following steps:

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

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a phone call to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also might depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Benson Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Benson Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Benson Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Benson Police Jail at 320-843-4790 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Benson Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

Be 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 mobile phones are allowed at Benson Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Benson Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Benson 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 Benson 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 Benson 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 arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Swift County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records online, or at the Swift County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so review the Benson Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Benson 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 Benson Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 320-843-4790 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 Benson Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Benson Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Benson Police Jail phone number is: 320-843-4790

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from 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 Benson Police Jail. The rates 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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