• Tama County Jail, 100 North Main Street, Toledo, IA 52342; 641-484-3760.
• Marshall County Jail, 2369 Jessup Avenue, Marshalltown, IA 50158; 641-754-6380.
• Benton County Jail, 113 East 3rd Street, Vinton, IA 52349; 319-472-2337.
• Grundy County Jail, 705 8th Street, Grundy Center, IA 50638; 319-824-6933.
• Black Hawk County Jail, 225 East 6th Street, Waterloo, IA 50703; 319-291-2587.

Visiting hours are 1 to 3 p.m. every day, plus 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call the jail 24 hours ahead to schedule. Each inmate may have three 20-minute visits a week, and no more than one a day.

Yes. Video visits go through the jail's phone and video provider, cost 20 cents a minute and follow the same rules as in-person visits, including advance approval. Set them up on that provider's website.

Inmate calls are 20 cents a minute plus taxes for local, in-state and out-of-state numbers; international calls need a calling card and start at $1 a minute. Talk time can be bought from the phone provider; for refunds or help call 877-998-5678. The jail also sells $10 prepaid phone cards.

Yes, through the same provider. An inmate rents a texting device for $5 a month, and each message sent or received costs 10 cents. Family can add funds to a specific device on the provider's website; for other contact options see our messaging guide.

Deposit at the payment link on the county's jail page, or use the deposit kiosk in the front lobby. Money on the account pays for commissary and phone cards. Our money guide has general tips.

Before you write, call 641-484-3760 to check where letters should go, and put a full return address on each one. The handbook says mail is not delivered on weekends or holidays. Greeting cards larger than 6 by 9 inches go back to the sender, as does anything with perfume, stickers or glitter. Packages need prior approval from jail administration. Attorney and court mail is opened only with the inmate present.

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• Tama County Sheriff's Office, 100 North Main Street, Toledo, IA 52342: administration and civil 641-484-4111; communications 641-484-3760; office hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
• Tama Police Department, Tama Civic Center, 305 Siegel Street, Tama, IA 52339: 641-484-3223.
• Toledo Police Department, 214 West High Street, Toledo, IA 52342: 641-484-3013.
• Emergencies: 911.

A detained youth is held at the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center, 2317 Rick Collins Way, Eldora, IA 50627, 641-858-3852, not the jail. Call the center.

No. The Toledo jail's inmate list is names and details in text, with no photos. A reporter after a photo should call the sheriff's office in Toledo. Photographs from an ICE detention can be requested only on ICE's own form at ice.gov/foia, and the agency must say yes. Federal booking pictures aren't released to anybody, barring a decision by the Marshals Service.