Duncombe Police Jail

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The Duncombe Police Jail is located at 421 Main Street in Duncombe, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Duncombe Police Department.

This page tells you info about everything one might want to know about the Duncombe Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Duncombe Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Webster County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Duncombe Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Duncombe Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information on anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Duncombe Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Duncombe Police Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate must determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Duncombe Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Duncombe Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Duncombe Police Jail at 515-543-8500 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Duncombe Police Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Duncombe Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Duncombe Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Duncombe 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 Duncombe 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 Duncombe 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records online or you can call the court directly. This requires a 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 should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and all documents filed in the case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Webster County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Duncombe Police Jail change frequently, so you should review the Duncombe Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Duncombe 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 Duncombe Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 515-543-8500 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 Duncombe Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection 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 personal 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 Duncombe Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 515-543-8500

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Duncombe Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money 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 jail or prison 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 Duncombe Police Jail, click the link below.

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