Janesville Police Jail

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The Janesville Police Jail is located at 227 Main Street in Janesville, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Janesville Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Janesville Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Janesville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Janesville Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to get information about anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Janesville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Janesville Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process may take between 30 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Janesville Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Janesville Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Janesville Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the facility at 319-987-2905 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Janesville Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Janesville Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons 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 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Janesville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Janesville 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 Janesville 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 Janesville 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants on the Bremer County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Bremer County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state, 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 any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Janesville Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to check the Janesville Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Janesville 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 Janesville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 319-987-2905 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 Janesville Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Janesville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you 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, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden.

The Janesville Police Jail phone number is: 319-987-2905

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Janesville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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