Hinton Police Jail

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The Hinton Police Jail is located at 110 South Center Street in Hinton, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hinton Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything related to the Hinton Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Hinton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hinton Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information about anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their arrest information faster if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Hinton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Hinton Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

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

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

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged will take from 10 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Hinton Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Hinton Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so you should call the official Hinton Police Jail at 712-947-4147 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Hinton Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Hinton Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Hinton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hinton 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 Hinton 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 Hinton 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 check the court records on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Plymouth County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and all filings and documents filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Plymouth County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to the Plymouth 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 intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to visit the Hinton Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hinton 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 Hinton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 712-947-4147 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 Hinton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like 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 Hinton Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Hinton Police Jail phone number is: 712-947-4147

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Hinton 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 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 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. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their 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 Hinton Police Jail, click the link below.

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