Pillager Police Jail

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The Pillager Police Jail is located at 308 Elm Avenue West in Pillager, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Pillager City Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Pillager Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Cass County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Pillager Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Pillager Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info about anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Pillager Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Pillager Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

You will have to answer some questions, such as your full name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the telephone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser 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 release date, expect to get released that morning.

Pillager Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Pillager Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Pillager Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Pillager Police Jail at 218-746-3322 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Pillager Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Pillager Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Pillager Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Pillager 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 Pillager 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 Pillager 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Cass County court website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and any documents filed in the case. You can access court records via the internet, or at the Cass County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Pillager Police Jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you review the Pillager Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Pillager 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 Pillager Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 218-746-3322 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 Pillager Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use 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 sufficient funds in their commissary 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

The only phone calls that Pillager Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 218-746-3322

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly 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 off of all of the inmate phone calls are shared 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 Pillager Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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