Albany Police Jail

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The Albany Police Jail is located at 400 Railroad Avenue in Albany, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Albany Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Albany Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Albany Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Albany Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Albany Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals currently in custody, including status, and times you can visit. You can find information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Albany Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Albany Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to get released in the morning.

Albany Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Albany Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

The Albany Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the jail at 320-845-2200 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Albany Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Albany Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Albany Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Albany 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 Albany 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 Albany 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, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Stearns County jail 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. Bear 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Stearns County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates is likely to change, so you should review the Albany Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Albany 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 Albany Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 320-845-2200 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 Albany Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Albany Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Albany Police Jail phone number is: 320-845-2200

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Albany Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to lower 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 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 cases like this, 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 Albany Police Jail, click the link below.

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