Keokuk County Jail

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The Keokuk County Jail is located at 204 South Stone in Sigourney, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Keokuk County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Keokuk County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Keokuk County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Keokuk County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Keokuk County Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get info on anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Keokuk County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Keokuk County Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer some questions, like your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be released. Also, it might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Keokuk County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s full name to the Keokuk County Jail in advance. Your visitors will be put in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will be required to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at (641) 622-2727 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Keokuk County Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Keokuk County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Keokuk County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Keokuk 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 Keokuk 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 Keokuk 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Keokuk County jail website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a docket and any filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates are always changing, so you should check the Keokuk County Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Keokuk 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 Keokuk County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (641) 622-2727 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 Keokuk County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Keokuk County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls 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 that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (641) 622-2727

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 profits from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Keokuk 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 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 figuring 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 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 won’t 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 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 Keokuk County Jail, click the link below.

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