Parkers Prairie Police Jail

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The Parkers Prairie Police Jail is located at 102 North Otter Avenue in Parkers Prairie, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Parkers Prairie Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything you might need to know about the Parkers Prairie Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that might help others is appreciated.

Parkers Prairie Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Parkers Prairie Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals currently in custody, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find the same information for anyone processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you have their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Parkers Prairie Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Parkers Prairie Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some questions, like what is your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Parkers Prairie Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Parkers Prairie Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Parkers Prairie Police Jail change often, so call the official Parkers Prairie Police Jail at 218-338-4611 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Parkers Prairie Police Jail you must have your name on their 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 without it.

No phones at Parkers Prairie Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Parkers Prairie Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Parkers Prairie 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 Parkers Prairie 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 Parkers Prairie 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Otter Tail County jail website or you can call the court directly. 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 there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Otter Tail County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all 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 the Otter Tail County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail can change at any time, so you should double check the Parkers Prairie Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Parkers Prairie 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 Parkers Prairie Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 218-338-4611 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 Parkers Prairie Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely 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 products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Parkers Prairie Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive 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 you 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 forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 218-338-4611

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the 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 Parkers Prairie Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 decrease 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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