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Grinnell Police Jail Information

Address

Grinnell Police Jail
611 4Th Avenue
Grinnell, IA 50112-1920

Phone Number

Phone: 641-236-2650

The Grinnell Police Jail is located at 611 4Th Avenue in Grinnell, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Grinnell Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Grinnell Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Grinnell Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Grinnell Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that has gone to jail and want to find out where they are? Do you know a family member or friend who has been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

To search who is in jail at the Grinnell Police Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Grinnell Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can also get info about anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Grinnell Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Grinnell Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get released. It also depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Grinnell Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Grinnell Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put in the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Grinnell Police Jail are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at 641-236-2650 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Grinnell Police Jail you have to first be on their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Grinnell Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under 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 a 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 under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Grinnell Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Grinnell 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Grinnell Police Jail is:

Grinnell Police Jail
611 4Th Avenue
Grinnell, IA 50112-1920

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Grinnell Police Jail
611 4Th Avenue
Grinnell, IA 50112-1920

The inmate mail policy at the Grinnell Police Jail changes frequently, so check the official website when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Grinnell 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 Grinnell 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Poweshiek County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates could change, so you should visit the Grinnell Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Grinnell 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 Grinnell Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 641-236-2650 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 inmateâ€™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 Grinnell Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, 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 trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Grinnell Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 641-236-2650

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every 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 Grinnell 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 lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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