Bremer County Jail

Bremer County Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 319-352-5400

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Bremer County Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 111 4th St NE in Waverly, IA. This county jail is operated locally by the Bremer County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Bremer County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Waverly Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

There are new detainees delivered to the jail daily, you can see arrest records here. Some are released after putting up bail, are released to a pretrial services caseload, are placed under supervision by a probation agency, or are released on their own recognizance with an agreement to appear in court. If there is no release, the inmate must wait here at the jail for their court appearance as a guest of the County, getting a bed and three square meals.

Trustees are inmates who work in the jail as cooks, as orderlies for the staff, in the laundry or in the commissary. The trustees are paid a very small amount for their time and some jail gives the trustees a few days off their sentence in exchange for their work.

When an inmate arrives in jail they are put together in a large holding cell with other inmates in the intake. While in intake they are under heightened observation. Violent and out of control inmates are segregated.

Can I Get Work Release?

Work release is when you are released from jail during the day so that you can go to work. At the end of the day, you return to jail for the night. There are a number of requirements to be able to get into the work-release program. Most programs require your employer to fill out some paperwork. If you want to get into the work release program then apply prior to being sentenced to jail. This will minimize the amount of time you spend in jail waiting to get into the program.

Can I call my family in Jail?

Bremer County Jail has a phone program where inmates make outbound calls only, you cannot call into jail. Since you are paying for those calls don't make it a habit of accepting collect-calls, they are over $15 each. The alternative is to set up an account through their third-party phone company which charges steep fees for each minute used. You are paying for them to call you. Click here if you are going to speak a lot and need a discount on the calls.

Remember – These phone calls are recorded and conversations can be used against you or the inmate so do not discuss your case over these phone lines.

visitation Info

Bremer County Jail – Visitation

Each inmate is authorized two, 30 minute social visit per week. It is the friends and family responsibility to contact the inmate they wish to visit and determine his/her housing pod.
Visitation Times: 

At least one of the following forms of valid identification is required by everyone over the age of eighteen requesting to visit an inmate:

• Valid Driver’s License (any U.S. State) and Mexico
• Valid I.D. Card
• Valid Government Employee I.D. Card with picture (i.e. Military I.D.)
• Valid Passport

ANY MINORS PRESENT TO VISIT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN. ALL VISITORS MUST BE ON THE INMATES VISITATION LIST. ANY VISITOR NOT ON THE INMATES VISITATION LIST WILL BE REFUSED.

NOTHING WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE VISITATION ROOM. ALL ITEMS NEED TO BE SECURED BEFORE ENTERING THE VISITATION ROOM.

Dress Code:
The dress code is directed at both male and female visitors. The following clothing is not allowed: tube tops, see through mesh materials, short shorts, micro mini skirts, tank tops with thin straps, backless or sleeveless tops, midriff or cutoff shirts or bathing tops. In addition, any clothing that is excessively provocative or which promotes violence, hate, drug use, profanity, sex acts or gangs is not allowed. All visitors are also required to wear footwear (shoes, sandals or boots).