La Crescent Police Jail

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

This guide tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the La Crescent Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the La Crescent Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Houston County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others is welcome.

La Crescent Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The La Crescent Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who are in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find information on anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information fast if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

La Crescent Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the La Crescent Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

First you have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, address, birth date and 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, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

La Crescent Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the La Crescent Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

The La Crescent Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the jail at 507-895-4414 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the La Crescent Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s approved 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 without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at La Crescent Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the 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, 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 La Crescent Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the La Crescent 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 La Crescent 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 La Crescent 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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 their arrest date, contact the Houston County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

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 and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records online, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Houston County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it 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 are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to La Crescent Police Jail inmates are always changing, so be sure to double check the La Crescent Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at La Crescent 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 La Crescent Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 507-895-4414 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 La Crescent Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 La Crescent Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or totally denied.

The La Crescent Police Jail phone number is: 507-895-4414

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make 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 La Crescent Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 state prisons and local 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where 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 facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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