Blackhawk County Jail

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The Blackhawk County Jail is located at 225 East 6th Street in Waterloo, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Blackhawk County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Blackhawk County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Blackhawk County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Blackhawk County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you advice and information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that might help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Blackhawk County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Blackhawk County Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find info about anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Blackhawk County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Blackhawk County Jail takes you through these steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer some basic questions, like your full name, street address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge needs to figure out your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Blackhawk County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide information about each visitor to the Blackhawk County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at (319) 291-2587 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Blackhawk County Jail you must be on this person’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 mobile phones at Blackhawk County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. 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 the 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 Blackhawk County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Blackhawk County 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 Blackhawk County 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 Blackhawk County 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Blackhawk County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Blackhawk County Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so you should review the Blackhawk County Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Blackhawk County 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 Blackhawk County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (319) 291-2587 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 Blackhawk County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably 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 inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items 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 Blackhawk County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to 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 are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (319) 291-2587

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts 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 profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make are shared 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 Blackhawk County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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