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Marion County Jail Charge and Bond Information
Marion County Jail Charge and Bond Information
Marion County Jail Charge and Bond Information
Informationaboutanarresteescharge(s)andbondisavailablebycontactingtheMarion
CountyJailat(641)8282245orbyvisitingtheMarionCountyLawEnforcementCenterat
211N.GodfreyLaneinKnoxville.
Cash, cashiers checks or money orders are the only accepted methods of payment for
bail.Whenpostingbail,cashierschecksandmoneyordersmustbemadepayabletothe
MarionCountyClerkofCourt.Ifeligibleforsuretybond,inmatesmayusethebailbond
companyoftheirchoice.
IntakeProcess
Individuals who have been placed under arrest anywhere in Marion County, with the
exception of Pella, are first transported to the Marion County Jail in Knoxville. Upon
arrival,arresteesmustcompletethefollowingsteps:
PropertyIntake
MedicalScreening
Fingerprinting
Photographing
WarrantsCheck
AppearanceinMagistrateCourt
Arrestees that are unable to post bail will appear before a Magistrate Judge within 24
hours (including Saturdays and Sundays). The Judge will inform the arrestee of the
charge(s)and,ifappropriate,willsetabondamount.
ReleaseProcess
Therearefourwaysaninmatemayberelease:
BondasdeterminedbyaMagistrateJudge.
PreTrialReleaseIfunabletopostbail,aninmatemayapplythroughthe5th
JudicialDistrictDepartmentofCorrectionalServicesforpretrialrelease.
PerCourtOrder
North Carolina
Visitation
Inmatesheld7daysorlongerareallowedfour20minutevisitsperweek.Visitinghours
areSundayandFridayEveningsfrom7:00pm9:00pm.Inmatesareinformedofvisiting
daysandhoursandareresponsibleforrelayingtheinformationtothosewhowishtovisit
them.
VisitationRules:
All visits are done via video/audio connection. Contact visitation will not be
allowed.
All visitors shall first be authorized by the Jail Administrator or his designee
beforeavisitisallowed.
Nooneundertheageof14isallowedtovisitinmates.Aminorvisitorfromthe
ageof14to17mustbeason,daughter,stepson,stepdaughter,brother,sister
orgrandchildandmust beaccompaniedbyaparentorlegalguardian.Legal
proofoftherelationshipmayberequired.
AnyoneheldintheMarionCountyJailwithintheprevious6monthswillnotbe
permittedtovisit.
Allvisitorsbroughtintothevisitationareashallbesubjecttosearch,including
butnotlimitedtohandbags,sacksandparcels.
Properbehaviorofallvisitorsisrequired.Visitationwillbedeniedifthevisitor
isdeterminedtobeundertheinfluenceofalcoholordrugs.
TheJailAdministrator,orhisdesignee,maydenyanyvisitorsuspendallvisits
if, in his opinion, thereis reasonable suspicion that the security of an inmate
and/orthesecurityofthefacilityisinjeopardy.
Visitorsmaynotgiveanythingortakeanythingfromaninmate.
ItemsThatCanBeLeftForInmates
AllitemsallowedmustbeleftwiththeDetentionOfficeronduty.Anyitemsleftnoton
the below list or not directly given to the Detention Officer will be discarded. Allowed
items:
Cash,moneyordersorcashierschecks
InmateCommissaryonWednesdaysandSaturdays
Threepairsofsocks(newinpackage)
Threepairsofunderwear,3nonunderwirebrasforfemales(newinpackage)
NootheritemsallowedunlessauthorizedbytheSheriffofJailAdministrator.
InmateMail
IncomingmailwillbedeliveredtoinmatesMondaythroughFriday.
Allincomingmailisopenedandsearchedforcontraband.
Allmoneyreceivedthroughthemailwillbepostedtotheaddressedinmates
account.Donotsendcashorpersonalchecks.
Inmatesmayreceiveupto10pictures(Nolargerthan3x5andnoPolaroids)
Unauthorizeditemsmailedtoaninmatewillbeplacedinthepropertyroomor
disposedofasappropriate.Inmateswillreceiveitemsnotdisposedofatthe
timeoftheirrelease.
Inmatemailmustbeaddressedasfollows:
InmatesFullName
MarionCountyJail
211N.GodfreyLane
Knoxville,IA50138
InmateTelephoneService
Onceaninmatereceiveshisorherhousingassignment,heorshecancontactfamilyand
friends by calling collect from phones in the jail. Family and friend must be willing to
accept the charges. Family and friends my also set up prepaid phone accounts by
contactingtheCorrectionBillingServiceCustomerServiceCenterat18008446591orby
visitingtheirwebsiteat:www.correctionalbillingservices.com
InmatescannotreceiveincomingtelephonecallsattheMarionCountyJailandDetention
Officersarenotpermittedtodeliverpersonalmessagestoinmates.
Commissary
A commissary account is established for each inmate upon arrival. All monies applied
towardthismaybeusedforcandy,paper,stampedenvelopes,shampoo,deodorant,etc.
Commissaryitemsnotusedaretakenwiththeinmateupontheirtransferorrelease.Any
commissarybalancewillberefundedtotheinmateupontheirtransferorrelease.