If you are certain your inmate is in Central Iowa Juvenile Detention-Kossuth, or at the very least in Kossuth County, go to this page to search for them.
If the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention-Kossuth inmate search website is not currently online or up to date, call 641-858-3852 for assistance in locating your inmate.
The Central Iowa Juvenile Detention-Kossuth is "open" 24-hours-a-day. When you call, give the staff member the name of who you are looking for and a birthdate or age if you have it. That person will let you know if your inmate is there.
At minimum you will need a first and last name. If you can provide the middle name or initial that is even better. In a perfect world you will also have the inmate's birthdate, but if not, an estimated age will help.
If you are not sure what county jail the inmate is located in, it helps to at least know the geographic area. Knowing what state the inmate is in is good; knowing which county is even better.
In some cases, there will be more than one possibility. Use patience and check them all. Go here to get started on a search for any jail in the state of
Iowa or
go to this page to begin a search for all jails in the United States.
If your inmate has been charged but not yet convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony, he or she will most likely be held in
Kossuth County within the county where the crime occurred. If you only have the city name, look up the city's police department, call and ask them if they keep inmates at a local jail or send them to the county jail. If they are sent to the
Kossuth County Jail, either
look them up here or call
641-858-3852 for assistance.
Recently convicted felons are sometimes held at Kossuth County Jail until transport to a
Iowa State Prison is available. Inmates sentenced to less than one year incarceration or those convicted to serve time for misdemeanors will do their time in the Kossuth County Jail system.
Jailexchange.com has a
complete page of all available information to assist families and friends of inmates in Central Iowa Juvenile Detention-Kossuth and every other jail, prison and juvenile detention center in America.