Dunlap Police Jail

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The Dunlap Police Jail is located at 715 Iowa Avenue in Dunlap, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dunlap Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything related to the Dunlap Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and tips that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Dunlap Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dunlap Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find the information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Dunlap Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Dunlap Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the 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 many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get out of jail. It also might depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Dunlap Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Dunlap Police Jail before you can visit. This information will go in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the official Dunlap Police Jail at 712-643-5721 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Dunlap Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Dunlap Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 of age 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 magazines to an inmate at the Dunlap Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dunlap 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 Dunlap 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 Dunlap 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep 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 the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

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 docket and all filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Dunlap Police Jail inmates could change, so you should check the Dunlap Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dunlap 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 Dunlap Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 712-643-5721 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 Dunlap 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 want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Dunlap Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Dunlap Police Jail phone number is: 712-643-5721

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from 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 Dunlap Police Jail. The prices 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 is 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 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 in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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