Dickinson County Jail
Dickinson County Courthouse, 1802 Hill Avenue, Spirit Lake, IA 51360
712-336-2793
Baloun's jail runs a single weekly visiting afternoon, seating families in arrival order for half-hour sessions.
When the Sheriff's Office closes for a holiday, the handbook says another day is offered; confirm the week's schedule with Jail Administrator Jarrod Fischer at 712-336-2793.
Sheriff Baloun requires conservative clothing. Sheer or lace fabric, plunging necklines, cropped or cut-off shirts, high slits, bare midriffs and slogans with profanity or slurs will each get a Thursday visitor sent back out of the Hill Avenue lobby.
Lawyers, cleared clergy, mental-health professionals, physicians, probation and parole officers, social workers and law enforcement may hold confidential professional visits at any hour, seven days a week. Bringing a bag of clothes or books for a detainee requires Fischer's sign-off in advance.
Thursday visits at the Hill Avenue jail need no account or online booking: the sheriff seats visitors in the order they check in at the Sheriff's Office, so arriving early in the 12:30 to 4:30 window helps. Additional or special visits need the jail administrator's approval, per the inmate handbook.
Can I visit my daughter in Spirit Lake on a Saturday?
Should I reserve a Thursday slot before driving to Spirit Lake?
I left my license at home; can I still see my brother in the Dickinson County Jail?
Can my 16-year-old come with me to visit her father in Spirit Lake?
Regular visits are Thursday afternoons, 12:30 to 4:30, per the sheriff; ask 712-336-2793 about holiday weeks or special visits.
There is nothing to reserve; whoever checks in first at the Sheriff's Office visits first.
Turn around for it: without a current license or ID card, Baloun's staff will not let anyone into the visiting area.
Yes, as long as an adult supervises her the entire time, per the sheriff's rules.
Sheriff Baloun's jail page describes only the Thursday visits at the courthouse. Relatives in Minnesota or farther away who cannot make a Thursday drive can ask Fischer at 712-336-2793 whether some other arrangement exists.