The Polk County Juvenile Detention Center is a 33 bed jail in the city of Des Moines, Polk 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: 515-286-3344
Physical Address:
1548 Hull Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50316-1397
Mailing Address (personal mail):
Juvenile's Name
Polk County Juvenile Detention
1548 Hull Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50316-1397
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To search for an inmate in the Polk County Juvenile Detention Center, 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 515-286-3344 for the information you are looking for. You can also look up an offender's criminal court case and docket schedule online for Polk County and any other county in Iowa.
Polk County Juvenile Detention Center Inmate Search
The Polk County Juvenile Detention Center maintains an average of 33 offenders in custody on any given day. The Polk County Juvenile Detention Center 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 Polk County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain approximately 30,660 offenders.
The following charts of Polk 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 Polk 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 Polk 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 Polk 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 Polk County, neighboring counties and the state of Iowa.
| Race | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| White | 780 | 66.33% |
| Black | 147 | 12.50% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 175 | 14.88% |
| American Indian/Native Alaskan | 8 | 0.68% |
| Asian | 50 | 4.25% |
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 7 | 0.60% |
| Other | 9 | 0.77% |
| Total | 1,176 | 100.0% |
(many inmates have multiple charges)
| Charge | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Felony (3rd Degree) | 236 | 20.07% |
| Felony (2rd Degree) | 218 | 18.54% |
| Felony (1st Degree) | 0 | 0.00% |
| State Jail Felony | 80 | 6.80% |
| Felony (Uncategorized) | 300 | 25.51% |
| Misdemeanor (Class A) | 342 | 29.08% |
| Misdemeanor (Class C) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Holds | 0 | 0.00% |
| Uncategorized | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sex | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 1,054 | 89.63% |
| Female | 122 | 10.37% |
| Total | 1,176 | 100.0% |
| Age | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 13 | 1.11% |
| 18-20 | 58 | 4.93% |
| 21-24 | 95 | 8.08% |
| 25-30 | 202 | 17.18% |
| 31-35 | 196 | 16.67% |
| 36-40 | 214 | 18.20% |
| 41-45 | 175 | 14.88% |
| 46-50 | 76 | 6.46% |
| 51-55 | 66 | 5.61% |
| 56-60 | 48 | 4.08% |
| 61-65 | 21 | 1.79% |
| 66-75 | 10 | 0.85% |
| 76-85 | 2 | 0.17% |
| Total | 1,176 | 100.0% |
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