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Allamakee County Jail Information

Address

Allamakee County Jail
110 Allamakee Street
Waukon, IA 52172

Phone Number

Phone: (563) 568-4521

The Allamakee County Jail is located at 110 Allamakee Street in Waukon, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Allamakee County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Allamakee County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Allamakee County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Allamakee County Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that has gone to jail and don’t know how to locate them? Do you know a family member or friend that has been arrested and you want to locate them?

In order to see who is in jail at the Allamakee County Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Allamakee County Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info about anybody booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Allamakee County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Allamakee County Jail includes these steps:

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

First, you must answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the telephone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a judge must determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Allamakee County Jail Visitation

The inmate must list each visitor’s name to the Allamakee County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go in a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the jail at (563) 568-4521 before you go.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Allamakee County Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Allamakee County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Allamakee County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Allamakee County 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Allamakee County Jail is:

Allamakee County Jail
110 Allamakee Street
Waukon, IA 52172

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Allamakee County Jail
110 Allamakee Street
Waukon, IA 52172

The Allamakee County Jail inmate mail policy can change, so it would be best to review the official Allamakee County Jail site when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Allamakee County 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 Allamakee County 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Allamakee County court website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Allamakee County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the Allamakee County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Allamakee County Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so you should double check the Allamakee County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Allamakee County 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 Allamakee County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (563) 568-4521 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 inmateâ€™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 Allamakee County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Allamakee County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (563) 568-4521

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider 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 Allamakee County 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 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 finding 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 won’t 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 jail has set their inmate 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 Allamakee County Jail, click the link below.

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