• Osceola County Jail, 309 6th Street, Sibley, IA 51249; 712-754-2556.
• Lyon County Jail, 410 South Boone Street, Rock Rapids, IA 51246; 712-472-8356.
• O'Brien County Jail, 240 1st Street NE, Primghar, IA 51245; 712-957-5245.
• Dickinson County Jail, 1802 Hill Ave, Spirit Lake, IA 51360; 712-336-2793.
• Clay County Jail, 3115 W. 4th Street, Spencer, IA 51301; 712-264-4242.
• Sioux County Jail, 4363 Ironwood Avenue, Orange City, IA 51041; 712-737-3131.
• Nobles County Jail (Minnesota), 1530 Airport Road, Suite 100, Worthington, MN 56187; 507-295-5290.
• Jackson County Sheriff and Jail (Minnesota), 400 Sherman Street, Jackson, MN 56143; 507-847-4420.

Visits are held every Sunday, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for men and from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. for women. Visitors must be on the inmate's visitor list, show ID and agree to a search. Our visitation page has more.

No. Incoming calls are not allowed. Inmates call out collect or with a $10 calling card sold at the jail weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or bought online from the jail's phone provider. To set up collect calls to your number, call 800-896-3201. See our phone guide.

Snacks and hygiene items are ordered online from the jail's outside commissary provider, with a $10 minimum. Orders received by 7 a.m. Wednesday are delivered Friday. See our commissary page.

Yes, money can go into an inmate's account, but medication and medical costs are taken out of it first. Our deposit guide explains common ways to send funds.

Send U.S. mail to (inmate's name), Osceola County Jail, 309 6th Street, Sibley, Iowa 51249, with your return address on the envelope. Packages of clothes, food or personal items are refused. Books and magazines need the sheriff's or jail administrator's approval. See our mail page and our messaging page.

An inmate can give the jail administrator a written grievance within 48 hours of the problem, and an answer is due within 72 hours. Families can also contact the Iowa Ombudsman at 515-281-3592.

Search Iowa Courts Online for Osceola County. Bond information is on our bail page.

Use the Iowa DOC offender search for state prisons, the BOP locator for federal prisons, and the ICE locator for immigration custody.

No. A detained youth stays at the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center, 2317 Rick Collins Way, Eldora, IA 50627, 641-858-3852; call to confirm.

No photos are shown. The Sibley current inmates page posts weekly PDF lists, so check the newest date. Reporters can call 712-754-2556. ICE photos require an approved ICE records request. Federal booking pictures are never given out, unless the U.S. Marshals do it.

Call the sheriff on 6th Street in Sibley, 712-754-2556, so a deputy can confirm it. With an attorney, the person can turn in at the Osceola County Jail at a set time. Sibley posts nothing; Iowa families can't search statewide, though Iowa Courts Online shows the case. For a missed Sibley hearing, the clerk a block away on 7th Street (712-754-3595) can help.

In Sibley, most first bonds follow the statewide uniform bond schedule; for serious charges, Sibley's magistrate sets it. Call 712-754-2556 for amounts.

• How to pay at 712-754-2556: cash, surety or Iowa property.
• Guide: our bail guide.
• Hearings: our court guide, or the clerk at 712-754-3595.

In Sibley, federal arrests go to the U.S. Marshals Service; its Sioux City office answers at 712-252-3077. Cases are heard by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa; its clerk is at 320 6th Street, Sioux City, IA 51101, 712-233-3900. After a federal sentence, check the BOP inmate locator. Bond at 309 6th Street, Sibley, IA 51249 cannot lift a federal hold; only 712-233-3900 can.

1. The Osceola County Jail receives DHS Form I-247A from ICE.
2. Iowa Code chapter 27A makes the jail in Sibley honor it, holding someone 48 hours longer at most (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. After 48 hours without ICE at 309 6th Street, Sibley, IA 51249, the hold ends.
4. The ICE detainee locator tracks transfers by A-number or name.

VINELink sends free release and transfer alerts for Sibley. Phone sign-up is at 888-742-8463. The Osceola County Jail answers at 712-754-2556.

In Sibley, once bond clears at 309 6th Street, Sibley, IA 51249, release usually takes a few hours; 712-754-2556 knows. Prison sentences move people to the Iowa DOC offender search. Another county's hold keeps them; ask 712-754-2556. Federal or ICE holds go via 712-252-3077.

In Sibley, new bookings can lag; call 712-754-2556. Anyone moved from Sibley, or released, may show in the Iowa DOC offender search, or the BOP inmate locator. Juveniles are never listed (Iowa Code 232.147). If unsure, ask 712-754-2556.

In Sibley, a magistrate reviews the arrest within 24 hours (Iowa Code 804.22). Bond can be changed later (Iowa Code 811.2). If money is short, the State Public Defender may be appointed. The clerk (712-754-3595) has the next date.

Yes. Sibley's judges may release on a promise (Iowa Code 811.2), or with conditions, sometimes supervised by the Department of Correctional Services. Skipping court means forfeiture (Iowa Code 811.6) and a warrant; Sibley's clerk (712-754-3595) has the terms.

In Sibley, the clerk (712-754-3595) refunds cash bail (300 7th Street, Sibley, IA 51249) at case end, to the payer. A 10% bondsman fee is never returned; call 712-754-2556.

In Sibley, misdemeanor terms are served at 309 6th Street, Sibley, IA 51249 (Iowa Code 903.1). Longer terms mean prison; see the Iowa DOC offender search. Work release or weekends in Sibley, Iowa, need a judge's OK; 712-754-2556 schedules it.

In Sibley, judges can bar contact at hearings (Iowa Code 664A.3). Breaking it is a new crime (Iowa Code 664A.7). Only judges can change it; Sibley's clerk (712-754-3595) keeps a copy at 300 7th Street, Sibley, IA 51249.

In Sibley, a free lawyer depends on income (Iowa Code 815.9). Ask in court on day 1, or call 712-754-3595. The State Public Defender covers most cases in Sibley; families may hire private counsel.

In Sibley, the Osceola County Jail never takes gift cards or crypto; call 712-754-2556 before paying anyone. Sibley's bond goes only to the clerk (712-754-3595) or the jail at 309 6th Street, Sibley, IA 51249. Report scam calls to the Iowa Attorney General.

• Osceola County Sheriff's Office, 309 6th Street, Sibley, IA 51249: 712-754-2556. For Sibley, call the sheriff at that number.
• Iowa State Patrol District 6, 503 W 44th Street, Spencer, IA 51301: 712-262-1424.
• Emergencies: 911.