Remsen Police Jail

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The Remsen Police Jail is located at 109 Fulton Street in Remsen, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Remsen Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Remsen Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Remsen Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and also any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Remsen Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Remsen Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Remsen Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Remsen Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer some questions, such as your legal name, your 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 number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you 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 be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process will take between 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it depends on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the judge has to decide on the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be released in the morning.

Remsen Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Remsen Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the jail at 712-786-2299 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Remsen Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Remsen Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation 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 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 Remsen Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Remsen 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 Remsen 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 Remsen 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Plymouth County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Remsen Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so it would be best to visit the Remsen Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Remsen 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 Remsen Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 712-786-2299 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 Remsen Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Remsen Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

The Remsen Police Jail phone number is: 712-786-2299

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls are split 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 Remsen Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 state prisons and local 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 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 cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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