Lake Crystal Police Jail

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The Lake Crystal Police Jail is located at 101 North Main Street in Lake Crystal, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake Crystal Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything related to the Lake Crystal 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 much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that might help others will be welcome.

Lake Crystal Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake Crystal Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information on anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Lake Crystal Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Lake Crystal Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

First you will have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone 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 able to keep wearing 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 finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Lake Crystal Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to list information about each visitor to the Lake Crystal Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Lake Crystal Police Jail at 507-726-2056 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Lake Crystal Police Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Lake Crystal Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 the 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Lake Crystal Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake Crystal 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 Lake Crystal 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 Lake Crystal 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Blue Earth County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Blue Earth County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the Blue Earth County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive 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, 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 money to inmates at the Lake Crystal Police Jail can change at any time, so double check the Lake Crystal Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake Crystal 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 Lake Crystal Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 507-726-2056 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 Lake Crystal Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust 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

All phone calls from the Lake Crystal Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 507-726-2056

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set 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 Lake Crystal Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 won’t 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 facility 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 Lake Crystal Police Jail, click the link below.

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