Robins Police Jail

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The Robins Police Jail is located at 225 South 2Nd Street in Robins, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Robins Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything related to the Robins Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Robins Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and advice that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Robins Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Robins Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get info on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find the information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Robins Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Robins Police Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer a number of questions, such as your full name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes from 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, it depends on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Robins Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Robins Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered in the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Robins Police Jail are always changing, so you should call the official Robins Police Jail at 319-366-5055 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Robins Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 at Robins Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, this 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Robins Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Robins 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 Robins 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 Robins 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 the arrest warrants inquiry on the Linn County court website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Linn County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail change frequently, so you should review the Robins Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Robins 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 Robins Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 319-366-5055 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 Robins Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want 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 items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Robins Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about 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 break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Robins Police Jail phone number is: 319-366-5055

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Robins Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 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 in these cases 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 Robins Police Jail, click the link below.

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