Bovey Police Jail

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The Bovey Police Jail is located at 402 2Nd Street in Bovey, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bovey Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Bovey Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Bovey Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bovey Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find information on anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their inmate information faster if you have their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Bovey Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

First you must answer some questions, like what is your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given 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.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it might depend on if you have a cash bond or if the judge has to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, 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 discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Bovey Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s name to the Bovey Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Bovey Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the official Bovey Police Jail at 218-245-2590 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Bovey Police Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Bovey Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Bovey Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bovey 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 Bovey 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 Bovey 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by 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. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Itasca County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Bovey Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so it would be best to visit the Bovey Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bovey 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 Bovey Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 218-245-2590 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 Bovey Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear 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 enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Bovey Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Bovey Police Jail phone number is: 218-245-2590

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Bovey Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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