Ackley Police Jail

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The Ackley Police Jail is located at 120 State Street in Ackley, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ackley Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might want to know about the Ackley Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Ackley Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it, and also any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Ackley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ackley Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can get the same information for anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information fast if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Ackley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Ackley Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you must answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged takes between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be released. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released in the morning.

Ackley Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Ackley Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered into the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 641-847-2510 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Ackley Police Jail you have to be on their approved visitation list.

Make 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.

No mobile phones at Ackley Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Ackley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ackley 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 Ackley 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 Ackley 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken 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 check online. An arrest is public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the Hardin County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so be sure to visit the Ackley Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ackley 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 Ackley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 641-847-2510 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 Ackley Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, 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 money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Ackley Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Ackley Police Jail phone number is: 641-847-2510

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the 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 Ackley 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 things 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 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 a lot of money on calling 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 has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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