Baxter Police Jail

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The Baxter Police Jail is located at 100 East State Street in Baxter, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Baxter Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Baxter Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Baxter Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that could help others is appreciated.

Baxter Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Baxter Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get information on anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Baxter Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Baxter Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You must answer a number of questions, such as your full name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge needs to determine how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Baxter Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide information about each visitor to the Baxter Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 641-227-3594 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Baxter Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

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

If a 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Baxter Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Baxter 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 Baxter 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 Baxter 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 on the website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Jasper County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Baxter Police Jail is likely to change, so be sure to double check the Baxter Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Baxter 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 Baxter Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 641-227-3594 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 Baxter Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy 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 such as 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 Baxter Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Baxter Police Jail phone number is: 641-227-3594

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Baxter 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 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 figuring out how to lower 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 significantly 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 these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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