Clarksville Police Jail

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The Clarksville Police Jail is located at 115 West Superior Street in Clarksville, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Clarksville Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Clarksville Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Clarksville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Butler County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that would help others will be appreciated.

Clarksville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Clarksville Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find info on anybody processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Clarksville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Clarksville Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge must determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Clarksville Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list each visitor’s name to the Clarksville Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Clarksville Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at 319-278-1911 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Clarksville Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s visitation list.

Be 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 Clarksville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 old and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Clarksville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Clarksville 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 Clarksville 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 Clarksville 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Butler County court website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, 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 Butler County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Clarksville Police Jail might change, so be sure to check the Clarksville Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Clarksville 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 Clarksville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 319-278-1911 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 Clarksville Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products 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 Clarksville Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 319-278-1911

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money 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 Clarksville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 jail or prison 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 Clarksville Police Jail, click the link below.

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