Sloan Police Jail

---

The Sloan Police Jail is located at 428 Evans in Sloan, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sloan City Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything related to the Sloan Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Sloan Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

Top 10 Searches for Sloan Police Jail

1. Sloan Police Jail Information
2. Sloan Police Jail Inmate Search
3. Woodbury County Inmate Search in Sloan, IA
4. Sloan Police Jail Visitation Rules
5. Sloan Police Jail Visitation Hours
6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Sloan Police Jail
7. How to Send Inmate Care Packages to Sloan Police Jail
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Sloan Police Jail
10. How to Search Woodbury County Arrest Records

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Sloan Police Jail Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Sloan Police Jail Inmate List is a list of people who have been arrested, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can find information about anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Sloan Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Sloan Police Jail is made up of these steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Sloan Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Sloan Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the official Sloan Police Jail at 712-428-3314 before you go to visitation.

---

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Sloan Police Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

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

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

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Sloan Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sloan 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.

---

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Sloan 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 Sloan 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records on the website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Woodbury County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file containing a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records online, or at the Woodbury County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. 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 are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Sloan Police Jail might change, so you should check the Sloan Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sloan 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 Sloan Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 712-428-3314 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 Sloan Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, 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 items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products including 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 Sloan Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more costly 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 you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

The Sloan Police Jail phone number is: 712-428-3314

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls are shared 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 Sloan Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 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 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

Return To Main Menu

4860