Waverly Police Jail

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The Waverly Police Jail is located at 111 4Th Street Northeast in Waverly, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Waverly Police Department – Headquarters.

This site tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Waverly Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Waverly Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

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

Waverly Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Waverly Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can find information about anyone processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Waverly Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Waverly Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get 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 jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process can take from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get released. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge has to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get released that morning.

Waverly Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Waverly Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Waverly Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so call the jail at 319-352-5400 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Waverly Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Waverly Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Waverly Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Waverly 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 Waverly 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 Waverly 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you check the Waverly Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Waverly 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 Waverly Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 319-352-5400 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 Waverly Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Waverly Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Waverly Police Jail phone number is: 319-352-5400

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money 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 Waverly 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 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 can be 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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