Humboldt County Jail

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The Humboldt County Jail is located at 430 Sumner Avenue in Humboldt, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Humboldt County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Humboldt County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Humboldt County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Humboldt County Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information about anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Humboldt County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Humboldt County Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

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

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take between 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Humboldt County Jail Visitation

Inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Humboldt County Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the jail at (515) 332-5450 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Humboldt County Jail you must first be on this person’s 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.

No mobile phones at Humboldt County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Humboldt County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Humboldt 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 Humboldt 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 Humboldt 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records on the website or you can 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 the officer in charge. Keep in mind 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 Humboldt County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the Humboldt County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, 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 money to people in jail could change, so be sure to review the Humboldt County Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Humboldt 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 Humboldt County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (515) 332-5450 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 Humboldt County Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Humboldt County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. 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 must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (515) 332-5450

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, 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 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 Humboldt 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 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 learning how to decrease 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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