Kanawha Police Jail

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The Kanawha Police Jail is located at 121 North Main Street in Kanawha, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Kanawha Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Kanawha Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Kanawha Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Hancock County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Kanawha Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Kanawha Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information more quickly if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Kanawha Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Kanawha Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If 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 what is your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get out of jail. It also might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge must determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Kanawha Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Kanawha Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put into the log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor must provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Kanawha Police Jail are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at 641-762-3632 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Kanawha Police Jail you must be on this person’s approved 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 phones are allowed at Kanawha Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 Kanawha Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Kanawha 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 Kanawha 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 Kanawha 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Hancock County jail website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Hancock County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Hancock County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Kanawha Police Jail can change at any time, so you should review the Kanawha Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Kanawha 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 Kanawha Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 641-762-3632 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 Kanawha Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need 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 money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Kanawha Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. 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 every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Kanawha Police Jail phone number is: 641-762-3632

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts 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 of the 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 Kanawha Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 these cases, the jail or prison 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 Kanawha Police Jail, click the link below.

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