Eagle Lake Police Jail

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The Eagle Lake Police Jail is located at 705 Parkway Avenue in Eagle Lake, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Eagle Lake Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Eagle Lake Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Eagle Lake Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Blue Earth County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help others would be welcome.

Eagle Lake Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Eagle Lake Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people currently in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get information about anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Eagle Lake Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

First you will answer a number of questions, like your full name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to make a phone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge has to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Eagle Lake Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Eagle Lake Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 507-257-3110 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Eagle Lake Police Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Eagle Lake Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Eagle Lake Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake 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 for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Blue Earth County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Blue Earth County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of 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 court case file that includes a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Blue Earth County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates are always changing, so we suggest that you visit the Eagle Lake Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 507-257-3110 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 Eagle Lake Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items 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 Eagle Lake Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 507-257-3110

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each 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 phone calls that inmates make 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 Eagle Lake 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 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call 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 Eagle Lake Police Jail, click the link below.

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