Mapleton Police Jail

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The Mapleton Police Jail is located at 513 Main Street in Mapleton, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mapleton Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Mapleton Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Mapleton Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Monona County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and tips that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Mapleton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mapleton Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find the same information on anyone processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information fast if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Mapleton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Mapleton Police Jail includes the following steps:

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

First, you must answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, street address, date of birth 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 be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a telephone call to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge has to figure out the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be released that morning.

Mapleton Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Mapleton Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put in a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 712-881-1306 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Mapleton Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Mapleton Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Mapleton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mapleton 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 Mapleton 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 Mapleton 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, you can access arrest warrants on the website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Monona County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Monona County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Monona County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, 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.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Mapleton Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so be sure to review the Mapleton Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mapleton 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 Mapleton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 712-881-1306 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 Mapleton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products including 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Mapleton Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much 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 must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

The Mapleton Police Jail phone number is: 712-881-1306

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Mapleton 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 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 finding 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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