Anamosa Police Jail

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The Anamosa Police Jail is located at 100 East 1St Street in Anamosa, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Anamosa Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the Anamosa Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Anamosa Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and tips you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that might help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Anamosa Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Anamosa Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info about anyone processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Anamosa Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Anamosa Police Jail is made up of these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take from 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. It also depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Anamosa Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Anamosa Police Jail in advance. This information will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the official Anamosa Police Jail at 319-462-4434 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Anamosa Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Anamosa Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 related to 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 Anamosa Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Anamosa 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 Anamosa 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 Anamosa 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 are able to check the court records on the website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Jones County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Jones County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Anamosa Police Jail is likely to change, so you should visit the Anamosa Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Anamosa 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 Anamosa Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 319-462-4434 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 Anamosa Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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 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 Anamosa Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or totally denied.

The Anamosa Police Jail phone number is: 319-462-4434

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Anamosa Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 lower 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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