Jasper County Jail

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The Jasper County Jail is located at 2300 Law Center Drive in Newton, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything one might want to know about the Jasper County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Jasper County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jasper County Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get information about anybody booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Jasper County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Jasper County Jail is made up 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 number of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take from 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate has to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Jasper County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Jasper County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so you should call the jail at (641) 792-5912 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Jasper County Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be 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 phones are allowed at Jasper County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If a 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Jasper County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jasper 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 Jasper 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 Jasper 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 for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken 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, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You can access court records via the internet, or at the Jasper County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and 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 could change, so you should check the Jasper County Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jasper 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 Jasper County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (641) 792-5912 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 Jasper County Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

All phone calls from the Jasper County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (641) 792-5912

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Jasper County Jail. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases 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 Jasper County Jail, click the link below.

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