The Kossuth County Jail is a 35 bed jail in the city of Algona, Kossuth 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: 515-295-9277
Physical Address:
121 West State Street
Algona, IA 50511
Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's first and last name
Kossuth County Jail
121 West State Street
Algona, IA 50511
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To search for an inmate in the Kossuth 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 515-295-9277 for the information you are looking for. You can also look up an offender's criminal court case and docket schedule online for Kossuth County and any other county in Iowa.
Kossuth County Jail Inmate Search
The Kossuth County Jail maintains an average of 35 offenders in custody on any given day. The Kossuth 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 Kossuth County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain approximately 1,300 offenders.
The following charts of Kossuth 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 Kossuth 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 Kossuth 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 Kossuth 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 Kossuth 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 Kossuth County and Iowa state prisons, click the button below.
Kossuth County INMATE DEMOGRAPHICS
Race | Inmates | % Total |
---|---|---|
White | 49 | 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 | 49 | 100.0% |
(many inmates have multiple charges)
Charge | Inmates | % Total |
---|---|---|
Felony (3rd Degree) | 9 | 18.37% |
Felony (2rd Degree) | 9 | 18.37% |
Felony (1st Degree) | 0 | 0.00% |
State Jail Felony | 3 | 6.12% |
Felony (Uncategorized) | 13 | 26.53% |
Misdemeanor (Class A) | 15 | 30.61% |
Misdemeanor (Class C) | 0 | 0.00% |
Holds | 0 | 0.00% |
Uncategorized | 0 | 0.00% |
Sex | Inmates | % Total |
---|---|---|
Male | 44 | 89.80% |
Female | 5 | 10.20% |
Total | 49 | 100.0% |
Age | Inmates | % Total |
---|---|---|
Under 18 | 1 | 2.04% |
18-20 | 2 | 4.08% |
21-24 | 4 | 8.16% |
25-30 | 8 | 16.33% |
31-35 | 8 | 16.33% |
36-40 | 9 | 18.37% |
41-45 | 7 | 14.29% |
46-50 | 3 | 6.12% |
51-55 | 3 | 6.12% |
56-60 | 2 | 4.08% |
61-65 | 1 | 2.04% |
66-75 | 1 | 2.04% |
76-85 | 0 | 0.00% |
Total | 49 | 100.0% |
How Do You Visit an Inmate in the Kossuth County Jail? What is the Schedule?
Kossuth 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.
Learn even more ⇓ Learn more ⇓ Show lessCan I Use My Computer or Phone to Have a Remote Video Visit with an Inmate in the Kossuth County Jail?
Note: This option may not be available for your inmate. When registering, check to see if devices are available.
How Do I Receive Phone Calls from an Inmate in the Kossuth County Jail?
To set up your Kossuth 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 Kossuth 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.
How Can I Communicate with an Inmate in the Kossuth County Jail using an Online Messaging Service?
Known as the 'Reliance Inmate Wallet', it makes funding jail communication easy.
To set up your Kossuth 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 Kossuth 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 Kossuth 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.
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This facility, known as "Kossuth County Jail" is also known as Kossuth County Jail, Iowa, Kossuth.