Lyon County Jail

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The Lyon County Jail is located at 410 South Boone Street in Rock Rapids, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Lyon County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Lyon County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lyon County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can get the same information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Lyon County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Lyon County Jail includes the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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 jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail takes from 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged from jail. It also might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the judge still needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Lyon County Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Lyon County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors is required to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (712) 472-8300 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Lyon County Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

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

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

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 Lyon County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lyon 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 Lyon 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 Lyon 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 can check arrest warrants inquiry online 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. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Lyon County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Lyon County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail might change, so it would be best to review the Lyon County Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lyon 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 Lyon County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (712) 472-8300 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 Lyon County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Lyon County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

The Lyon County Jail phone number is: (712) 472-8300

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. 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 Lyon County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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