Sac County Jail

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The Sac County Jail is located at 100 NW State Street in Sac City, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Sac County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might want to know about the Sac County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Sac County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Sac County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sac County Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information about anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Sac County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Sac County Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. It also will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Sac County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Sac County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go into the log for the inmate. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Sac County Jail frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (712) 662-7127 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Sac County Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved 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 at Sac County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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, the minor 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 Sac County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sac 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 Sac 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 Sac 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Sac County court website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Sac County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the Sac County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Sac County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Sac County Jail jail inmates might change, so you should check the Sac County Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sac 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 Sac County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (712) 662-7127 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 Sac County Jail store. An inmate 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 daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection 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 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 Sac 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 much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (712) 662-7127

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from 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 Sac County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 prisons or jails 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 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 Sac County Jail, click the link below.

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