• Lyon County Jail, 410 S. Boone Street, Rock Rapids, IA 51246; 712-472-8356.
• Osceola County Jail, 309 6th Street, Sibley, IA 51249; 712-754-2556.
• Sioux County Jail, 4363 Ironwood Avenue, Orange City, IA 51041; 712-737-3131.
• O'Brien County Jail, 240 1st Street NE, Primghar, IA 51245; 712-957-5245.

Visits are set by housing block in 40-minute slots: - F block (women): Tuesday 7 to 8:30 p.m. and Thursday 2 to 3:25 p.m. - G block (men, general population): Thursday 7 to 8:30 p.m. and Sunday 3:30 to 4:55 p.m. - M block (maximum): Monday 7 to 7:40 p.m. and Thursday 3:30 to 4:10 p.m. - S block (special status): Wednesday 7 to 7:40 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 2:40 p.m. - W block (work release): Wednesday 7:50 to 8:30 p.m. and Sunday 2:45 to 3:25 p.m. Exact cell ranges for each slot are on the Sheriff's jail page; call 712-472-8356 if you are unsure which block the person is in.

Family can mail a check or money order payable to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office. It goes on the inmate's account, which is used for canteen orders twice a week. Our money guide has more.

The Sheriff's site does not name a phone vendor, so ask the jail at 712-472-8356 how calls are set up.

Address letters to Inmate Full Name, Lyon County Jail, 410 South Boone Street, Rock Rapids, IA 51246. Staff inspect incoming mail; see our mail page for general rules.

Sentenced inmates are charged $25 a day on Lyon County cases and $55 on others; work release is $35 a day plus $10 a day, electronic monitoring $70 a week and a weekend stay $120. Unpaid balances are filed as a lien.

VINELink and 888-742-8463 will alert you by phone or email if the person leaves custody or transfers.

State prison inmates are searchable in the Iowa DOC search; federal prisoners are in the BOP locator and ICE detainees in the ICE locator.

• Lyon County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement Center, 410 S. Boone Street, Rock Rapids, IA 51246; jail 712-472-8356.
• Rock Rapids Police Department, in the same building at 410 S. Boone Street: 712-472-2558.
• Iowa State Patrol District 6, 503 W. 44th Street, Spencer, IA 51301: 712-262-1424.
• Emergencies: 911.

At the Northwest Iowa YES Center, 1231 West Cedar Loop, Suite 110, Cherokee, IA 51012, 712-225-5777. Juveniles are not listed publicly.

We read the Rock Rapids jail page and spotted no booking photos. Reporters can ask the sheriff's office for one. Pictures from ICE custody are released only on approval of a records request. Federal photos are not given out, other than by the U.S. Marshals.