Butler County Jail Recent Bookings And Arrests
From Arrest to Court in Butler County
Officers making a Butler County arrest deliver the person to the 12-capacity lockup at 428 Sixth Street, Allison, IA 50602. Iowa statutes and the sheriff's own description of the jail shape each step of the process, and the sheriff's non-emergency number, 319-267-2410, is the place to ask where a particular arrestee stands.
- Clothing and basics. According to the sheriff, each person received at the Allison jail is issued a jail uniform, deodorant and a toothbrush.
- Fingerprinting in Allison. Iowa Code section 690.2 directs that anyone arrested on a felony, or on a serious or aggravated misdemeanor, be fingerprinted.
- The first phone call. Reliance's booking-call service is switched on in Allison, matching the right Iowa Code section 804.20 gives every arrestee to reach relatives or counsel quickly.
- Housing. The five cells take men, women and any juvenile whose case was waived into adult court.
- The magistrate. Section 804.21 then has the arrestee taken in front of a Second District magistrate with no avoidable delay.
- Meals and commissary. Breakfast, lunch and supper come hot, and commissary ordering opens twice weekly.
A person leaves the Allison jail on bail, by court order or when the case or sentence ends; the Butler County bail page explains how bail is posted.
Butler County Booking Questions
Which numbers reach the Butler County Sheriff in Allison?
Can a newly booked Butler County inmate phone home?
What is the longest sentence served in Allison?
Can a teenager be held in the Allison jail?
Which numbers reach the Butler County Sheriff in Allison?
Booking questions can start at 319-267-2410, with the courthouse office number 319-346-6621 as a backup.
Can a newly booked Butler County inmate phone home?
Yes. Section 804.20 entitles the person to an early call, and Reliance's booking-call feature is active in Allison.
What is the longest sentence served in Allison?
The sheriff says people convicted of misdemeanors can be sentenced there for up to one year; others are held while their cases move through court.
Can a teenager be held in the Allison jail?
Only a juvenile who has been waived into adult court, according to the sheriff.