The Dickinson County Jail is a 24 bed jail in the city of Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa.
This page provides information on how to search for an inmate in the official jail roster, directions to the facility, and inmate services such as the visitation schedule and policies, funding an inmate's account, mailing them a letter, voicemail, emailing and texting, tablet rentals, bail bond instructions, and commissary purchases.
Phone: 712-336-6299
Physical Address:
1802 Hill Ave
Spirit Lake, IA 51360
Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's first and last name
Dickinson County Jail
PO Box 214
Spirit Lake, IA 51360
Other Jails and Prisons
To search for an inmate in the Dickinson County Jail, review their criminal charges, the amount of their bond, when they can get visits, or even view their mugshot, go to the Official Jail Inmate Roster, or call the jail at 712-336-6299 for the information you are looking for. You can also look up an offender's criminal court case and docket schedule online for Dickinson County and any other county in Iowa.
Dickinson County Jail Inmate Search
The Dickinson County Jail maintains an average of 24 offenders in custody on any given day. The Dickinson County Jail has a monthly turnover of 40% of their inmate population, another 30% turnover every 90 days, another 20% every six months, and approximately 10% stay incarcerated between six and twelve months. Every year Dickinson County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain approximately 780 offenders.
The following charts of Dickinson County inmate population demographics are updated daily. The information shown is for today. For research purposes we have broken down the inmates by sex, age, ethnicity, and criminal charges.
The information is compiled from the Dickinson County Corrections Department, the state of Iowa Department of Corrections, as well as the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau records. It represents every person in custody in Dickinson County.
For complete information on how to get directions, bond, visit, mail, send and receive email and texts, receive phone calls, and send money or commissary to an inmate, find arrest information for Dickinson County and other counties surrounding this one, scroll down this page. We have a section for each.
We also provide photos of the jail that we have collected over the years, and a database of most wanted criminals for Dickinson County, neighboring counties and the state of Iowa.
For a collection of over 20 additional graphs and charts of the demographic and criminal arrest information of the inmates in Dickinson County and Iowa state prisons, click the button below.
Dickinson County INMATE DEMOGRAPHICS
| Race | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| White | 29 | 100.00% |
| Black | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0.00% |
| American Indian/Native Alaskan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Asian | 0 | 0.00% |
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | 29 | 100.0% |
(many inmates have multiple charges)
| Charge | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Felony (3rd Degree) | 6 | 20.69% |
| Felony (2rd Degree) | 5 | 17.24% |
| Felony (1st Degree) | 0 | 0.00% |
| State Jail Felony | 1 | 3.45% |
| Felony (Uncategorized) | 8 | 27.59% |
| Misdemeanor (Class A) | 9 | 31.03% |
| Misdemeanor (Class C) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Holds | 0 | 0.00% |
| Uncategorized | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sex | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 26 | 89.66% |
| Female | 3 | 10.34% |
| Total | 29 | 100.0% |
| Age | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 1 | 3.45% |
| 18-20 | 1 | 3.45% |
| 21-24 | 2 | 6.90% |
| 25-30 | 5 | 17.24% |
| 31-35 | 5 | 17.24% |
| 36-40 | 5 | 17.24% |
| 41-45 | 4 | 13.79% |
| 46-50 | 1 | 3.45% |
| 51-55 | 2 | 6.90% |
| 56-60 | 1 | 3.45% |
| 61-65 | 1 | 3.45% |
| 66-75 | 1 | 3.45% |
| 76-85 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | 29 | 100.0% |
How Do You Visit an Inmate in the Dickinson County Jail? What is the Schedule?
Dickinson County Jail uses the services of Reliance Telephone for video (visit) phone calls and for emailing/texting to inmates.
Note: This option may not be available for your inmate. When registering, check to see if devices are available.
Known as the 'Reliance Inmate Wallet', it makes funding jail communication easy. Payments made into an 'Inmate Wallet' account are linked to a dedicated telephone number for inmates who rent one of their Reliance Tablet Phones. Inmate Wallet funds can be used for personal inmate text messaging, voice calls and video calls. The cost of this is $4.00 per month for rental of the Reliance Tablet Phone + $0.25 per minute for video and voice calls.
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Can I Use My Computer or Phone to Have a Remote Video Visit with an Inmate in the Dickinson County Jail?
Note: This option may not be available for your inmate. When registering, check to see if devices are available.
How Do You Deposit Money for an Inmate in the Dickinson County Jail?
There are three choices for putting money on an inmate's books:
Choice 1 - Dropping Money at the Jail
Bring money to the jail in person.
Jail personnel will process the Inmate Account payment.
Dickinson County Jail has a Tiger Kiosk in the Lobby that accepts cash, debit or credit cards.
If you can't get your questions answered online call the Dickinson County Jail at 712-336-6299.
Choice 2 - Deposit Inmate Money Online
Dickinson County Jail and others often use a private company to process all online deposits to an inmate's account. The company charges you a small fee for doing so, but the fee probably isn't as much as gas and parking would cost to take it to the jail in person.
Go to the online site for depositing funds. You will need to register an account, which is free to do and use a debit/credit card for the deposits.
Choice 3 - Mail the Inmate Deposit to the Jail
Mailing a deposit takes more time to process than the other methods but can be done if you live too far away to bring it in person and you don't have a debit/credit card for online deposits. Never send cash. Always send a Money Order from the US Post Office, a reputable bank or Western Union.
Make the Money Order out to the inmate's name and put their Inmate ID# in memo section of the Money Order.
Call Dickinson County Jail at 712-336-6299 to confirm the address to send the money order to and how they want it made out.
Failure to do this properly will delay your inmate getting his account credited and may require you to have to resubmit a second money order.
Call 712-336-6299 to ask facility personnel who to make the money order out to, and where to send it.
To purchase commissary for an inmate in Dickinson County follow these instructions:
For more detailed information on Ordering Commissary, Depositing Money, Setting up Phone & Visitation Accounts; costs, fees, restrictions, rules and more with Tiger Commissary Services, check out our Commissary Page.
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How Do I Receive Phone Calls from an Inmate in the Dickinson County Jail?
To set up your Dickinson County inmate to make to make phone calls to you and others, follow these instructions:
For all the information you need in order to receive phone calls from your Dickinson County inmate, or to assist them in making calls to others, including instructions, fees, cost of calls, payment methods and times that your inmate can use the phone, check out our Inmate Phone Page.
NOTE: All of your communication with your inmate will be monitored and recorded. Use discretion when discussing sensitive information about their pending case.
Can I purchase Commissary Online for an Inmate in the Dickinson County Jail, and what can I purchase?
The Dickinson County Jail contracts with Tiger Commissary.
If you want to purchase Commissary for your inmate online click on the image below and follow the instructions.
To purchase commissary for an inmate in Dickinson County follow these instructions:
For more detailed information on Ordering Commissary, Depositing Money, Setting up Phone & Visitation Accounts; costs, fees, restrictions, rules and more with Tiger Commissary Services, check out our Commissary Page.
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How Can I Communicate with an Inmate in the Dickinson County Jail using an Online Messaging Service?
Known as the 'Reliance Inmate Wallet', it makes funding jail communication easy.
To set up your Dickinson County inmate to make to send and receive texts and emails to you and others, follow these instructions:
For all the information you need in order to send and receive texts and emails from your Dickinson County inmate, or to assist them in sending and receiving secure messages to and from others, including instructions, fees, cost of each message, tablet rentals, payment methods and times that your inmate can send messages, check out our Text/Email an Inmate Page.
NOTE: All of your communication with your inmate will be monitored and recorded. Use discretion when communicating sensitive information about their pending case.
Do Inmates in the Dickinson County Jail have Access to Tablets or Computers?
Note: This option may not be available for your inmate. When registering, check to see if tablets are available.
What are the other City and County Jails in Dickinson County?
What are the other Jails in the Neighboring Counties surrounding Dickinson County?
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