Golden Valley Police Jail

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The Golden Valley Police Jail is located at 7800 Golden Valley Road in Golden Valley, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Golden Valley Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Golden Valley Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Hennepin County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Golden Valley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Golden Valley Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get info for anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Golden Valley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Golden Valley Police Jail includes these steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the telephone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will be released. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Golden Valley Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Golden Valley Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the jail at 763-593-8079 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Golden Valley Police Jail you must be added to their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Golden Valley Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Golden Valley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you double check the Golden Valley Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 763-593-8079 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 Golden Valley Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Golden Valley Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Golden Valley Police Jail phone number is: 763-593-8079

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Golden Valley Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 figuring out how to lower 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Golden Valley Police Jail, click the link below.

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