Todd County Jail

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The Todd County Jail is located at 115 3rd Street South in Long Prairie, MN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Todd County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about anything you might need to know about the Todd County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Todd County court records, and everything else.

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9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Todd County Jail
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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that would help others is much appreciated.

Todd County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Todd County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people currently in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info about anybody processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Todd County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Todd County Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You have to answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. It also will depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Todd County Jail Visitation

Inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Todd County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

The Todd County Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the facility at (320) 732-7743 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Todd County Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Todd County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision 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 a 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Todd County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Todd 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.

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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 Todd 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 Todd 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Todd County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear 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 their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Todd County Jail jail inmates could change, so we suggest that you visit the Todd County Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Todd 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 Todd County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (320) 732-7743 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 Todd County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Todd County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (320) 732-7743

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every 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 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 Todd County 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 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 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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