Shell Rock Police Jail

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The Shell Rock Police Jail is located at 303 South Cherry Street in Shell Rock, IA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Shell Rock Police Department.

This page tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Shell Rock Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Shell Rock Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Shell Rock Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Shell Rock Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info about anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get the information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Shell Rock Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Shell Rock Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some basic questions, such as your full name, street address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Shell Rock Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Shell Rock Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so you should call the jail at 319-885-4434 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Shell Rock Police Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Shell Rock Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Shell Rock Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Shell Rock 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 Shell Rock 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 Shell Rock 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail 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 jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be 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 Possession, 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 process for sending money to someone in jail might change, so you should review the Shell Rock Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Shell Rock 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 Shell Rock Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 319-885-4434 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 Shell Rock Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Shell Rock Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Shell Rock Police Jail phone number is: 319-885-4434

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Shell Rock Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 finding out how to lower 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 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 these cases, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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