Jasper County IA Jail

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Jasper County IA 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: 641-792-5912

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Jasper County IA Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 115 North 2nd Ave East Newton, IA which is operated locally by the Jasper County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Jasper County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Newton Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

ICSolutions (ICS) is the provider of the inmate phone system.

Mail Rules

All mail must contain a full return address with name.
Envelopes cannot have any additions writing, stickers, etc. other than the mailing address and the return address. Envelopes containing extra items will be returned to sender.
Letters cannot contain stickers, glue, glitter glue or glitter pen ink, perfume, newspaper clippings, magazine pages, origami paper, stamps for return mail, etc. If your letter contains any of these items it may be placed in the inmate’s property box or returned to sender.
Cards mailed in to inmates cannot contain glue, glitter, velum sheets, springs, sticky spacer pads, stickers, etc. Cards containing these items will be shown to the inmate then placed in their property box.
Blank cards cannot be mailed in to an inmate so they can mail it back out again. If the inmate needs a card to mail out they can purchase one from commissary.
We do not recommend mailing cash in for an inmate. Please send a money order made out to the inmate. We will not take personal checks.
You can mail whites in for an inmate but they must follow the guidelines of acceptable property for an inmate.
Do not mail hygiene items as they will not be allowed to have them. Hygiene must be purchased from the jail.

Inmate Phone Time

The inmate phone system works on prepaid time or collect calls, we no longer us phone cards.

Inmates can use the money on their commissary to make phone calls. The calls are then directly deducted from the inmate's commissary account at a rate of approx. $0.22 per minute. Some taxes and fees may increase this per-minute fee.
Family and friends can go the ICS website and set up an account that will allow an inmate to call one phone number on a prepaid account.
Family and friends can accept collect calls when the inmate calls them. This feature would work just like any collect call, the family or friend would then be charged that bill
Money can be put on an inmates books by dropping off cash at the jail window or mailing in a money order or bank draft check made out to the inmate.

Bonding Information

No Bond

If an inmate has one or more charges set as ‘no bond’ then they are not allowed to post any type of bond and will remain in jail until their court is finished or the judge changes the bonding requirements.

Cash or Surety Bond

If an inmate has cash or surety bond it may be posted either in cash, cashier’s check/money order or through a bonding company. The jail will not take collateral for a bond, you will need to use a bonding company if you want to do this.

Cash Only

These bonds require the money to be posted in cash or cashier’s check/money order only. There are some bonding companies that will post a cash bond but normally require a higher percentage fee to do so.

If a bond is posted in cash and the inmate makes all of their court dates then the bond will be returned to the person who posted it once the case is over.
If a bond is posted using a bonding company you will not get any money back. The money charged by the bonding company is their fee for ensuring the bond.
If the person posting a cash bond has outstanding fees, fines, etc. registered with the Clerk of Court then the bond money may be put toward this outstanding debt before any money is returned. You can contact the Jasper County Clerk of Court at 641-792-9161 if you have questions about any outstanding debt.

visitation Info

Jasper County Jail – Visitation

Visitation Rules

The New Visitation Policy (PDF) is designed to make visitation easier on family and friends along with staff. The new visitation rules are:

An inmate must be serving time over 7 consecutive days or be here on charges.
For the sake of this policy the visitation week will start on Sunday and end on Saturday.
Each inmate will be allowed two 30 minute visits per week.
These visits cannot be back to back with the same people. If scheduled back to back all visitors from group A must be different from all of group B.
Visitors must be on your visitation list, unless otherwise noted below, and must meet the jail criteria for a valid visitor. The visitor cannot visit if they have been in jail here in the last 6 months. The visitor cannot visit if they pose a threat to the safety and security of the facility.
- Adult visitors – anyone age 18 and over is considered an adult. These visitors must be on your visitation list and must have a valid state issued identification.
- Teen visitors – anyone age 16 or 17 is considered a teen here. These visitors must be on your visitation list and must have a valid state issued identification. Teens must be accompanied by a parent, grandparent, or legal guardian. Legal guardians must have official paperwork to show staff.
- Children visitors – anyone age 15 or younger are considered children here. These people do not have to be on your visitor list and do not need identification. Children must be accompanied by a parent, grand parent, or legal guardian. Legal guardians must have official paperwork to show staff.
A visit can consist of, but is not limited to, any combination of adults, teens and children.
- Maximum number of adults at one visit is 4. If there are 4 adults then no children are allowed.
- Maximum number of adults, teens and children allowed at one visit is 5 with no more than 2 adults in that 5 people.
- Staff reserve the right to allow more children if only 1 adult is bringing in more than 4 children.
- Staff reserve the right to deny anyone in a group to visit if the person is disruptive or cause a safety and security concern.
- The visit starts at the time the appointment is made, if the visitors are late to the appointment the time is just lost. For example, if the visit is scheduled for 10 a.m. and the visitors don’t show until 10:15 a.m. they will only see the inmate for 15 minutes. If the jail causes the time delay we will extend the visit to make up the time.

How to Set Up a Visit

Visitors will be required to call the jail by 9 p.m. the day before they want to visit.
Visitors cannot set up reoccurring visits, they must call every week.
Visitors cannot schedule two visits back to back with the same people.
When visitors call in they must provide the number of adults, teens and children that will be at the visit.
They must also provide the names of all persons 16 and older so staff can check to see if the visitor is on the inmate’s visitor list. People who show up that are not on the list will not visit.
Parents, grandparents, and legal guardians are responsible for the health and safety of all teens and children they bring into the building.
Call 641-791-7081 for a visit.

Inappropriate Behaviors & Consequences

Visitors are required to wear appropriate clothing to visit. No bathing suits, skimpy or revealing clothing, etc. will be permitted. The jail staff have final say as to the appropriateness of the outfit a visitor is wearing. If it is not acceptable the visit will be terminated.
Anyone who exposes themselves or performs any lewd or inappropriate act will cause the visit to be terminated immediately and the visitor to be banned from visitation and/or criminally charged. The inmate will do disciplinary time and/or be criminally charged.
Visitor and inmates must maintain a civil attitude while waiting for, during and after visitation or the visitor can be suspended or banned while the inmate can receive disciplinary action.