Forest Lake Police Jail

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The Forest Lake Police Jail is located at 210 North Lake Street in Forest Lake, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Forest Lake Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Forest Lake Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Washington County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Forest Lake Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Forest Lake Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. You can find the same information on anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their arrest information fast if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Forest Lake Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Forest Lake Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge has to determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Forest Lake Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Forest Lake Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go into a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Forest Lake Police Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the official Forest Lake Police Jail at 651-464-5877 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Forest Lake Police Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Forest Lake Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 younger than 18 years old 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 Forest Lake Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Forest 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 Forest 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 Forest 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, you can check the court records on the website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you check the Forest Lake Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Forest 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 Forest Lake Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 651-464-5877 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 Forest Lake Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

All phone calls from the Forest Lake Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Forest Lake Police Jail phone number is: 651-464-5877

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of 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 Forest Lake Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 learning how to lower 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 calling 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 facility has set their 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 Forest Lake Police Jail, click the link below.

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