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Yellow Medicine County Jail Information

Address

Yellow Medicine County Jail
930 4th Street
Suite 1 Granite Falls, MN 56241

Phone Number

Phone Number: (320) 564-2130

The Yellow Medicine County Jail is located at 930 4th Street in Suite 1 Granite Falls, MN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Yellow Medicine County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer info that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Yellow Medicine County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend in jail and need to contact them? Do you know a family member or friend that’s been arrested and you want to locate them?

To look up who’s in jail at the Yellow Medicine County Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Yellow Medicine County Jail Inmate List has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information on anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information faster if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Yellow Medicine County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Yellow Medicine County Jail is made up of these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge has to decide on your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Yellow Medicine County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s full name to the Yellow Medicine County Jail before you can visit. This information will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Yellow Medicine County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the facility at (320) 564-2130 before you try to go to visitation.

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 an inmate at the Yellow Medicine County Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Yellow Medicine County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Yellow Medicine County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Yellow Medicine 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 someone incarcerated at Yellow Medicine County Jail:

Yellow Medicine County Jail
930 4th Street
Suite 1 Granite Falls, MN 56241

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Yellow Medicine County Jail
930 4th Street
Suite 1 Granite Falls, MN 56241

The mail policy at the Yellow Medicine County Jail changes frequently, so it would be best to check the site before you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Yellow Medicine 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 Yellow Medicine 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Yellow Medicine County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Yellow Medicine County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Yellow Medicine 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 a fee 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 DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Yellow Medicine County Jail change frequently, so you should review the Yellow Medicine County Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Yellow Medicine 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 Yellow Medicine County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (320) 564-2130 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 Yellow Medicine County Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Yellow Medicine County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Yellow Medicine County Jail phone number is: (320) 564-2130

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 the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Yellow Medicine County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 decrease 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore 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 will be able to save you money.

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

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