Medina Police Jail

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The Medina Police Jail is located at 2052 County Road 24 in Medina, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Medina Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything related to the Medina Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Medina Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that would help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Medina Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Medina Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Medina Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Medina Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll 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 are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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 you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you have a bond amount or if the judge has to figure out your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Medina Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Medina Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered in a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Medina Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so you should call the official Medina Police Jail at 763-473-9209 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Medina Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Medina Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. 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 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 Medina Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Medina 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 Medina 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 Medina 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 for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Hennepin County jail website or 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. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Hennepin County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to review the Medina Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Medina 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 Medina Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 763-473-9209 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 Medina Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Medina Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and 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, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 763-473-9209

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from 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 Medina 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 finding out 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Medina Police Jail, click the link below.

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