Mower County Jail

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The Mower County Jail is located at 201 1st Street NE in Austin, MN and is a medium security county jail operated by the Mower County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Mower County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Mower County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips that you need to make the process easier. If you have a question, just ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Mower County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mower County Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find the same information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you have their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Mower County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Mower County Jail includes each of these steps:

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

You will have to answer some basic questions, such as your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process takes between 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, it will depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, you should expect to be released in the morning.

Mower County Jail Visitation

Inmates must give information about each visitor to the Mower County Jail in advance. This information will go into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. All visitors is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the facility at (507) 437-9424 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Mower County Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Mower County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 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 Mower County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mower 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.

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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 Mower 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 Mower 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 have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Mower County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Mower County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, 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 funds to inmates at the Mower County Jail might change, so be sure to visit the Mower County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mower 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 Mower County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (507) 437-9424 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 Mower County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Mower County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to 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 are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (507) 437-9424

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Mower County 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 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 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate 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 Mower County Jail, click the link below.

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