Decorah Police Jail

---

The Decorah Police Jail is located at 400 West Claiborne Drive in Decorah, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Decorah Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything related to the Decorah Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Decorah Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

Top 10 Searches for Decorah Police Jail

1. Decorah Police Jail Information
2. Decorah Police Jail Inmate Search
3. Winneshiek County Inmate Search in Decorah, IA
4. What Are the Visitation Rules for Decorah Police Jail
5. What Are the Visitation Hours for Decorah Police Jail
6. Discount Decorah Police Jail Inmate Calls
7. Decorah Police Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Decorah Police Jail
10. How to Search Winneshiek County Arrest Records

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and any comments or tips that might help others would be much appreciated.

Decorah Police Jail Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Decorah Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get information about anybody booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Decorah Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes between 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if a judge has to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Decorah Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Decorah Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 563-382-3667 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

---

Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Decorah Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Decorah Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Decorah Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Decorah 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 Decorah 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 Decorah 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Winneshiek County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the Winneshiek County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Winneshiek County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Decorah Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so check the Decorah Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Decorah 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 Decorah Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 563-382-3667 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 Decorah Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want 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 items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products 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 Decorah Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

The Decorah Police Jail phone number is: 563-382-3667

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Decorah Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

Return To Main Menu

4692