Dallas County Correctional Facility Recent Bookings And Arrests

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How Booking Works at the Adel Jail

Officers across Dallas County take people they arrest to the Correctional Facility on Thin Blue Line Lane, and Infante's Jail Division page lists the intake steps every arrestee completes there.

  1. Property intake. Belongings are inventoried and stored by Adel jail staff.
  2. Medical screening. Each new arrival is screened before housing; ongoing care is provided through ACH.
  3. Fingerprinting and photographing. Infante's list pairs the booking photograph with fingerprints, which Iowa Code 690.2 makes mandatory whenever the Adel arrest involves a felony or indictable misdemeanor.
  4. Warrants check. Staff search for outstanding warrants from Dallas County and elsewhere.
  5. Magistrate court. On a new charge, the Jail Division page promises a magistrate appearance within twenty-four hours, scheduled at the magistrate's discretion; on a district court failure-to-appear warrant, the hearing falls on the following Tuesday, Thursday or Friday.

Clerk, Jail Teller and JailATM routes for bond money, plus pretrial release, are explained in the Thin Blue Line Lane bond guide.

Booking Questions for the Thin Blue Line Lane Jail

How long can someone wait after an arrest in Dallas County before seeing a magistrate?

What happens when an Adel inmate was picked up on a failure-to-appear warrant?

My husband was arrested this morning and is eligible for release; why is the Adel jail taking so long?

How long can someone wait after an arrest in Dallas County before seeing a magistrate?

Infante's Jail Division page sets a ceiling of twenty-four hours for a new charge, though the magistrate decides the exact hour.

What happens when an Adel inmate was picked up on a failure-to-appear warrant?

That person goes before a district judge on the next Tuesday, Thursday or Friday after the arrest, depending on the charge level, and Infante's page notes it could take up to 90 days to reach a final court appearance if the judge does not release the inmate.

My husband was arrested this morning and is eligible for release; why is the Adel jail taking so long?

Infante's office cautions that a crowd of simultaneous arrests at Thin Blue Line Lane stretches intake and release for everyone eligible.

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