What You Can't Bring Into MCF Moose Lake (And What Happens If You Try)
Visiting someone at MCF Moose Lake? Expect to be searched. And be careful about what's in your pockets, bag, and car. Minnesota law treats certain items as serious contraband, with penalties that can follow you long after the visit ends.
When you enter MCF Moose Lake - or even step onto its grounds - you and anything you bring can be searched for contraband at any time. This includes your belongings, not just your person. Refuse the search, and you won't be allowed in.
Minnesota law is especially strict about controlled substances, firearms, weapons, and explosives. Bring any of these onto MCF Moose Lake property - or send them in, or help someone else do it - without the warden's consent, and you're looking at a felony. The penalty: three to five years in prison.
Warning: Bringing controlled substances, firearms/weapons, or explosives onto MCF Moose Lake property without the warden’s consent can be charged as a felony punishable by 3 to 5 years in prison.
Alcohol counts as contraband too. Bringing intoxicating liquor or malt beverages onto the grounds without the warden's consent is a gross misdemeanor - more serious than a regular misdemeanor, and it still carries real criminal consequences.
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- ✓ Controlled substances (do not bring, send, or attempt to introduce them onto the facility or grounds without the warden’s consent)
- ✓ Firearms or other weapons (do not bring, send, or attempt to introduce them onto the facility or grounds without the warden’s consent)
- ✓ Explosives of any kind (do not bring, send, or attempt to introduce them onto the facility or grounds without the warden’s consent)
- ✓ Intoxicating/alcoholic liquor and malt beverages (do not bring, send, or attempt to introduce them onto the facility or grounds without the warden’s consent)
- Assume you’ll be searched - At MCF Moose Lake, all persons and their belongings entering the facility or its grounds may be searched for contraband at any time.
- Be ready to present your belongings - Since your belongings can be searched, keep what you bring simple and easy to check.
- Don’t argue or refuse - If you refuse to let staff search you or your belongings, admittance will be denied.
Bottom line: Cooperate with searches - refusing can get you turned away at the door, and trying to bring in prohibited items can expose you to serious criminal charges.
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