Carroll County Jail Recent Bookings And Arrests

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Booking Into the Carroll County Jail

Anyone arrested in Carroll County, whether by Sheriff Cretsinger's deputies or a city police department, is brought to the jail at 114 E. 6th St. The sheriff's records division keeps the file on every person booked there, and the jail line 712-792-4393 handles questions about a particular arrest.

  1. Fingerprints at the 6th Street jail. Carroll County jailers record identifying details and, for a felony or an aggravated or serious misdemeanor, take fingerprints as Iowa Code section 690.2 requires.
  2. A Reliance booking call. Reliance offers booking calls at the 6th Street jail, which helps a new arrestee use the phone-and-visit rights that Iowa Code section 804.20 grants for contacting family or a lawyer.
  3. Initial appearance in the attached courthouse. Under section 804.21, a magistrate must see a person arrested in Carroll County without unnecessary delay; the district court meets in the courthouse to which the jail is attached.

Release after a bond is set is covered in the Carroll County bail guide.

Carroll County Booking Questions

Does the Carroll County Jail hold prisoners from other counties?

Which office keeps booking records for people jailed in Carroll County?

Does a person booked on 6th Street get to phone family right away?

Once booking ends, who pays for a call from a Carroll County inmate?


Does the Carroll County Jail hold prisoners from other counties?

Yes. Carroll County's jail information says the 6th Street jail houses inmates from other counties as necessary.


Which office keeps booking records for people jailed in Carroll County?

The records division of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office; phone 712-792-4393 to reach it.


Does a person booked on 6th Street get to phone family right away?

Yes. Iowa Code section 804.20 guarantees that opportunity, and Reliance provides booking calls at the Carroll County Jail.


Once booking ends, who pays for a call from a Carroll County inmate?

Whoever agrees to take the collect call, according to Sheriff Cretsinger's jail information.

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