Fayette County Jail

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The Fayette County Jail is located at 220 North Industrial Parkway in West Union, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Fayette County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Fayette County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fayette County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get info for anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information fast if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Fayette County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Fayette County Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer some questions, like what is your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take from 15 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be freed. Also, it depends on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge has to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be 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, you should expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Fayette County Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide information about each visitor to the Fayette County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in the visitors log for the inmate. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the official Fayette County Jail at (563) 422-3234 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Fayette County Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Fayette County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Fayette County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fayette 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 Fayette 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 Fayette 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 online or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the Fayette County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Fayette County Jail inmates could change, so you should double check the Fayette County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fayette 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 Fayette County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (563) 422-3234 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 Fayette County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use 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 the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Fayette County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (563) 422-3234

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every 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 from all of the 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 Fayette County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 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. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 Fayette County Jail, click the link below.

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