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Mahnomen County Jail Information

Address

Mahnomen County Jail
311 North Main Street
Mahnomen, MN 56557

Phone Number

Phone: (218) 935-2255

The Mahnomen County Jail is located at 311 North Main Street in Mahnomen, MN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Mahnomen County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Mahnomen County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information that you’ll 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 beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Mahnomen County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend in jail and want to locate them? Do you know a family member or friend that has been arrested and you want to find out where they are?

To find out who is in jail at the Mahnomen County Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mahnomen County Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can also get information for anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Mahnomen County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Mahnomen County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You will answer some questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the telephone so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also will depend on if you have a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Mahnomen County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Mahnomen County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put in a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so you should call the jail at (218) 935-2255 before you visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Mahnomen County Jail you have to be added to this person’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 at Mahnomen County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. 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 of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Mahnomen County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mahnomen County 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to an inmate at Mahnomen County Jail:

Mahnomen County Jail
311 North Main Street
Mahnomen, MN 56557

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Mahnomen County Jail
311 North Main Street
Mahnomen, MN 56557

The Mahnomen County Jail mail policy is always changing, so double check the the Mahnomen County Jail website when you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Mahnomen County 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 Mahnomen County 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 are able to check the court records online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket and any documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Mahnomen County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Mahnomen County Jail are always changing, so be sure to visit the Mahnomen County Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mahnomen County 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 Mahnomen County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (218) 935-2255 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 inmateâ€™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 Mahnomen County Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, 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 sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Mahnomen County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear 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 privileges may be limited or forbidden.

The Mahnomen County Jail phone number is: (218) 935-2255

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Mahnomen County 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 the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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