Mount Pleasant Police Jail

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The Mount Pleasant Police Jail is located at 300 West Monroe Street in Mount Pleasant, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mount Pleasant Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Mount Pleasant Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Mount Pleasant Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Mount Pleasant Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mount Pleasant Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Mount Pleasant Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Mount Pleasant Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, like what is your full name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged will take from 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the magistrate must figure out your bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Mount Pleasant Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s name to the Mount Pleasant Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Mount Pleasant Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the facility at 319-385-3511 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Mount Pleasant Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

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

No phones at Mount Pleasant Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Mount Pleasant Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mount Pleasant Police 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 Mount Pleasant Police 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 Mount Pleasant Police 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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 Henry County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, 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 entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Mount Pleasant Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so you should check the Mount Pleasant Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mount Pleasant Police 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 Mount Pleasant Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 319-385-3511 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 Mount Pleasant Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Mount Pleasant Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Mount Pleasant Police Jail phone number is: 319-385-3511

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Mount Pleasant Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 finding out 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Mount Pleasant Police Jail, click the link below.

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