Greene County Jail

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The Greene County Jail is located at 204 South Chestnut Street in Jefferson, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Greene County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Greene County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Greene County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and advice you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Greene County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Greene County Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people currently in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. You can also find info about anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Greene County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Greene County Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take between 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. It also depends on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Greene County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Greene County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. All visitors must provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Greene County Jail at (515) 386-2136 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Greene County Jail you must have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Greene County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone currently 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 Greene County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Greene 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 Greene 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 Greene 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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 their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the Greene County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Greene County Jail jail inmates are always changing, so it would be best to review the Greene County Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Greene 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 Greene County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (515) 386-2136 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 Greene County Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 commissary 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 Greene County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about 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 disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

The Greene County Jail phone number is: (515) 386-2136

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Greene County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 figuring 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Greene County Jail, click the link below.

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