Correctionville Police Jail

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The Correctionville Police Jail is located at 312 Driftwood Street in Correctionville, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Correctionville Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Correctionville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Correctionville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Correctionville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Correctionville Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. You can find info for anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information fast if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Correctionville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Correctionville Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the phone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, you should plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Correctionville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Correctionville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so you should call the jail at 712-372-4791 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Correctionville Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Correctionville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Correctionville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Correctionville Police 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 Correctionville Police 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 Correctionville Police 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 arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Woodbury County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the Woodbury County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Correctionville Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so you should double check the Correctionville Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Correctionville Police 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 Correctionville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 712-372-4791 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 Correctionville Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use 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 account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Correctionville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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 break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 712-372-4791

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Correctionville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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