Charles City Police Jail

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The Charles City Police Jail is located at 105 Milwaukee Mall in Charles City, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Charles City Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Charles City Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Charles City Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that would help others will be appreciated.

Charles City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Charles City Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find the information faster if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Charles City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Charles City Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, plan to get released in the morning.

Charles City Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Charles City Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Charles City Police Jail can change, so we suggest that you call the official Charles City Police Jail at 641-228-3366 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Charles City Police Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Charles City Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 magazines to an inmate at the Charles City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Charles City 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 Charles City 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 Charles City 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 think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates are always changing, so be sure to double check the Charles City Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Charles City 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 Charles City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 641-228-3366 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 Charles City Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products including 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 Charles City Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 641-228-3366

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 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 Charles City Police Jail. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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