Buffalo Police Jail

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The Buffalo Police Jail is located at 215 1St Avenue Northeast in Buffalo, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Buffalo Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Buffalo Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Buffalo Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Buffalo Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Buffalo Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information for anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get their arrest information fast if you have their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Buffalo Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Buffalo Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, such as your full name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge must decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Buffalo Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s full name to the Buffalo Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Buffalo Police Jail can change, so you should call the facility at 763-682-5976 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Buffalo Police Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Buffalo Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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, the minor 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Buffalo Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 access arrest warrants on the Wright County jail 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 know 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the Wright County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the Wright County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Wright County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Buffalo Police Jail could change, so be sure to review the Buffalo Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Buffalo 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 Buffalo Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 763-682-5976 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 Buffalo Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Buffalo Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 763-682-5976

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Buffalo Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 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 these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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