Guthrie County Jail

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The Guthrie County Jail is located at 200 North 5th Street in Guthrie Center, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Guthrie County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Guthrie County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Guthrie County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Guthrie County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Guthrie County Jail Inmate List is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. You can get info on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Guthrie County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Guthrie County Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the telephone to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. So, the quicker you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you have a cash bond or if a judge needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Guthrie County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Guthrie County Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the jail at (641) 747-2214 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Guthrie County Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Guthrie County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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, 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 Guthrie County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Guthrie 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.

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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 Guthrie 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 Guthrie 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Guthrie County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their 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, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Guthrie County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Guthrie County Jail change frequently, so it would be best to check the Guthrie County Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Guthrie 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 Guthrie County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (641) 747-2214 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 Guthrie County Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from 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 enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Guthrie County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. 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 break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Guthrie County Jail phone number is: (641) 747-2214

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Guthrie County 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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