Buffalo Lake Police Jail

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The Buffalo Lake Police Jail is located at 315 North Main Street in Buffalo Lake, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Buffalo Lake Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Buffalo Lake Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info you need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that could be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Buffalo Lake Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Buffalo Lake Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information about anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find the information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Buffalo Lake Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Buffalo Lake Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Buffalo Lake Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give information about each visitor to the Buffalo Lake Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Buffalo Lake Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 320-833-2101 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Buffalo Lake Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Buffalo Lake Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Buffalo Lake Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Renville County jail website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Renville County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your case. You can access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Renville County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail might change, so be sure to check the Buffalo Lake Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Buffalo 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 Buffalo Lake Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 320-833-2101 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 Lake Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products 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 Buffalo Lake Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep 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, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 320-833-2101

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Buffalo Lake 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 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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