Sioux Rapids Police Jail

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The Sioux Rapids Police Jail is located at 206 2Nd Street in Sioux Rapids, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sioux Rapids Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything related to the Sioux Rapids Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Sioux Rapids Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Sioux Rapids Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sioux Rapids Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info for anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Sioux Rapids Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Sioux Rapids Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will have to answer some questions, such as your legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process may take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you have a bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be released that morning.

Sioux Rapids Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s full name to the Sioux Rapids Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so you should call the official Sioux Rapids Police Jail at 712-283-2737 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Sioux Rapids Police Jail you must first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Sioux Rapids Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Sioux Rapids Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sioux Rapids 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 Sioux Rapids 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 Sioux Rapids 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 are able to check the court records on the website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the Buena Vista County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail change frequently, so you should visit the Sioux Rapids Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sioux Rapids 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 Sioux Rapids Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 712-283-2737 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 Sioux Rapids Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like 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 sufficient funds in their commissary 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 Sioux Rapids Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should 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 privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 712-283-2737

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every 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 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 Sioux Rapids Police 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease 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 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 will not 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 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 Sioux Rapids Police Jail, click the link below.

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