Redfield Police Jail

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The Redfield Police Jail is located at 808 1St Street in Redfield, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Redfield Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Redfield Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Redfield Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Redfield Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get info on anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Redfield Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Redfield Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID 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 so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get released. It also depends on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to determine how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Redfield Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Redfield Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Redfield Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 515-833-2512 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Redfield Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Redfield Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Redfield Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Redfield 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 Redfield 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 Redfield 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 can access court records online or call the jail 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 be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Dallas County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the Dallas County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county 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 might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Redfield Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to visit the Redfield Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Redfield 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 Redfield Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 515-833-2512 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 Redfield Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase 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 daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary 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

All phone calls from the Redfield Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 515-833-2512

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Redfield Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 figuring out how to lower 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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