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Wapello County Jail Information

Address

Wapello County Jail
330 2nd Street West
Ottumwa, IA 52501

Phone Number

Phone: (641) 684-4233

The Wapello County Jail is located at 330 2nd Street West in Ottumwa, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Wapello County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Wapello County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Wapello County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend in jail and don’t know how to contact them? Do you know a friend or family member that’s been arrested and you need to find them?

In order to look up who is in jail at the Wapello County Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wapello County Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals currently in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can also find info for anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Wapello County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Wapello County Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some questions, like your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. It also depends on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Wapello County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide information about each visitor to the Wapello County Jail in advance. Your visitors will go into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (641) 684-4233 before you go to the jail to visit.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Wapello County Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Wapello County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. 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 approved.

If the 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 the 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 Wapello County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wapello 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Wapello County Jail is:

Wapello County Jail
330 2nd Street West
Ottumwa, IA 52501

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Wapello County Jail
330 2nd Street West
Ottumwa, IA 52501

The mail policy at the Wapello County Jail changes often, so be sure to check the official website when you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Wapello 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 Wapello 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants on the Wapello County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Wapello County Jail inmates could change, so we suggest that you check the Wapello County Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wapello 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 Wapello County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (641) 684-4233 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 inmateâ€™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 Wapello County Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds 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

The only phone calls that Wapello County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Wapello County Jail phone number is: (641) 684-4233

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Wapello County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning 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 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone 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 Wapello County Jail, click the link below.

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