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Mcleod County Jail Information

Address

Mcleod County Jail
801 East 10th Street
Glencoe, MN 55336

Phone Number

Phone: (320) 864-5191

The Mcleod County Jail is located at 801 East 10th Street in Glencoe, MN and is a medium security county jail operated by the McLeod County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Mcleod County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that would help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Mcleod County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is in jail and don’t know how to find out where they are? Do you know someone who’s been arrested and you need to locate them?

To look up who’s in jail at the Mcleod County Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mcleod County Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get info about anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Mcleod County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Mcleod County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you have to answer some questions, like your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take between 15 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate must decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Mcleod County Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide information about each visitor to the Mcleod County Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the facility at (320) 864-5191 before you go.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Mcleod County Jail you must first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Mcleod County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 magazines to an inmate at the Mcleod County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mcleod County 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.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Mcleod County Jail, use this address:

Mcleod County Jail
801 East 10th Street
Glencoe, MN 55336

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Mcleod County Jail
801 East 10th Street
Glencoe, MN 55336

The Mcleod County Jail mail policy can change, so it would be best to check the the Mcleod County Jail website before you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Mcleod County 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 Mcleod County 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 McLeod County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear 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 their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you check the Mcleod County Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mcleod County 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 Mcleod County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (320) 864-5191 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 inmateâ€™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 Mcleod County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products 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 like 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 Mcleod County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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 jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: (320) 864-5191

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Mcleod County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 finding out how to decrease 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 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 Mcleod County Jail, click the link below.

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