Northwood Police Jail

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The Northwood Police Jail is located at 852 Central Avenue in Northwood, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Northwood Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything related to the Northwood Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Northwood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Northwood Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find the same information on anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Northwood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Northwood Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get out of jail. It also will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, you should expect to be released in the morning.

Northwood Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s full name to the Northwood Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the official Northwood Police Jail at 641-324-1500 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Northwood Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Northwood Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the 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 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 Northwood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Northwood 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 Northwood 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 Northwood 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 for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Worth County court website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Worth County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Northwood Police Jail are always changing, so double check the Northwood Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Northwood 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 Northwood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 641-324-1500 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 Northwood Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Northwood Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Northwood Police Jail phone number is: 641-324-1500

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Northwood Police Jail. The rates 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 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 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 won’t be able to save you any money, 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 Northwood Police Jail, click the link below.

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