Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center

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The Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center is located at 451 14th Avenue NE in Le Mars, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Plymouth County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center Inmate Roster is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can find the same information on anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You must answer some basic questions, like your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes between 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, plan to get released that morning.

Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor has to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so it would be wise to call the official Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center at (712) 546-8191 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center you must be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center 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 Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center. 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 Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the Plymouth County court website or 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete 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 crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center might change, so you should double check the Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center

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 Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (712) 546-8191 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 Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust 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

All phone calls from the Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (712) 546-8191

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly 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 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 Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 learning 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 or prison 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 Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center, click the link below.

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