Decatur County Jail

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The Decatur County Jail is located at 207 North Main Street in Leon, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Decatur County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Decatur County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Decatur County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it, and any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Decatur County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Decatur County Jail Inmate Roster has information about people currently in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get info about anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Decatur County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Decatur County Jail takes you through 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.

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

You will get to make a phone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get discharged that morning.

Decatur County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Decatur County Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Decatur County Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the jail at (641) 446-4111 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Decatur County Jail you must first be added to their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Decatur County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 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 Decatur County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Decatur 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 Decatur 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 Decatur 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Decatur County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so be sure to visit the Decatur County Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Decatur 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 Decatur County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (641) 446-4111 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 Decatur County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that Decatur County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (641) 446-4111

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Decatur County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 significantly on calling 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 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 Decatur County Jail, click the link below.

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