Lester Prairie Police Jail

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The Lester Prairie Police Jail is located at 36 Juniper Street North in Lester Prairie, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lester Prairie Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Lester Prairie Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Lester Prairie Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lester Prairie Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information on anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Lester Prairie Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Lester Prairie Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will answer some simple questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with 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 able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take between 30 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Lester Prairie Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Lester Prairie Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

The Lester Prairie Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the jail at 320-395-2100 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Lester Prairie Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Lester Prairie Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the 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 a 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 Lester Prairie Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lester 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 Lester 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 Lester 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to the Mcleod County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Lester Prairie Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so you should double check the Lester Prairie Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lester 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 Lester Prairie Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 320-395-2100 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 Lester Prairie Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Lester Prairie Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually more expensive 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 should 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, phone calls may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 320-395-2100

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Lester Prairie Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 inmate phone calls. 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 rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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