Delaware County Jail

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The Delaware County Jail is located at 304 East Delaware Street in Manchester, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Delaware County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about everything related to the Delaware County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Delaware County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Delaware County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Delaware County Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. You can also get the same information for anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Delaware County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Delaware County Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the telephone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process will take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the faster you can get released from jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Delaware County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list each visitor’s full name to the Delaware County Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. All visitors is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Delaware County Jail can change, so call the jail at (563) 927-3135 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Delaware County Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Delaware County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 the 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Delaware County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Delaware 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Delaware County court website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Delaware County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so you should visit the Delaware County Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Delaware 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 Delaware County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (563) 927-3135 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 Delaware County Jail store. An inmate can purchase 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 a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Delaware County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (563) 927-3135

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Delaware County 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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