Circle Pines Police Jail

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The Circle Pines Police Jail is located at 54 North Road in Circle Pines, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Centennial Lakes Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Circle Pines Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, 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 offer information and tips that you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Circle Pines Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Circle Pines Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find info about anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Circle Pines Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Circle Pines Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also depends on whether you have a bond amount or if a judge has to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Circle Pines Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list information about each visitor to the Circle Pines Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so we suggest that you call the official Circle Pines Police Jail at 763-784-2501 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Circle Pines Police Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

Make 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 phones are allowed at Circle Pines Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must 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 old and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Circle Pines Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Circle Pines 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 Circle Pines 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 Circle Pines 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Anoka County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. 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 the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Circle Pines Police Jail inmates change frequently, so double check the Circle Pines Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Circle Pines 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 Circle Pines Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 763-784-2501 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 Circle Pines Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Circle Pines Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to 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, phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Circle Pines Police Jail phone number is: 763-784-2501

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts 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 from all of the 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 Circle Pines Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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