Chickasaw County Jail Overview
Chickasaw County Jail is operated by the Chickasaw County Sheriff's Office in New Hampton, Iowa. Official sources identify it as the only physical detention facility in Chickasaw County. It is a small county jail, not a regional detention complex, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center. People held here are generally local arrestees, people awaiting release or court action, people held on local bond or court orders, and short-term custody cases before release, transfer, or sentencing outcomes.
The official county jail page gives practical jail rules rather than a public inmate database. It publishes the facility address, the main jail and sheriff phone number, a Sunday visitation window, commissary and money notes, mail inspection rules, inmate phone limits, and a brief bail instruction. It does not publish an online roster, booking report, mugshot gallery, inmate profile page, jail administrator name, pod map, year built, staffing count, inspection report, or average daily population. Those gaps should guide searches: call the jail for current custody, and use court or state systems only when the person's status has moved beyond local jail intake.
Chickasaw County Jail Capacity
The official jail page states that Chickasaw County Jail has the capacity to hold a maximum of 8 inmates. That is the strongest local population number located in official sources. A current population count, average daily population, month-by-month trend, gender split, pretrial share, sentenced share, or overcrowding dashboard was not published in the local sources reviewed. The best reading is narrow: capacity is published, while current population must be confirmed with the jail if it can be released.
Look Up Chickasaw County Jail Inmates
No official Chickasaw County Jail online roster or search form was found. For a current local custody check, call the jail or sheriff at 641-394-3121. Have the person's full legal name, date of birth or age, arrest date, arresting agency, and any citation or court number. Ask whether the person is in custody, released, transferred, bondable, waiting on court, or held for another agency. If the jail cannot release the full record by phone, ask how to request the booking sheet under the county open-records policy.
- Start with the Chickasaw County Jail phone line for same-day or recent arrests.
- Ask for current custody status and whether a booking number, booking date, charges, bond, or release status is public.
- If the person has been released or transferred, ask where the record or custody route moved next.
- Search Iowa Courts Online after charges are filed to find the court case, hearings, and formal charge entries.
- Use the Iowa DOC offender search only for sentenced state custody or DOC supervision records.
- Use BOP, ICE, or VINELink only when the facts point to federal, immigration, or notification needs.
The county has a sheriff mobile app, but the app-store descriptions reviewed did not confirm an app-only inmate roster, warrant search, or booking-record tool. Treat the app as a public-safety resource unless a current official app screen confirms a jail lookup feature.
Chickasaw County Jail Contact
The jail and sheriff's office use the same published address and main number. Use the main number for current inmate status, bail questions, jailer contact, visitation confirmation, mail-address questions, commissary money rules, and records-request routing. For formal court charges after an arrest, use the Chickasaw County clerk because the jail record and court record are separate.
Chickasaw County Jail
116 N Chestnut Ave
New Hampton, IA 50659
641-394-3121
Fax: 641-394-4173
Operator: Chickasaw County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff: Marty Hemann
Email: marty.hemmann@chickasawcounty.iowa.gov
Chickasaw County Clerk
8 E Prospect St
New Hampton, IA 50659
641-394-2106
Use the district court contact for filed case records, hearing dates, and court charge questions.
Visit Chickasaw County Jail
The official jail page says inmates may receive visitors on Sunday from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. No full visitor handbook was located. The site does not list a dress code, required ID, visitor age rule, approval process, number of visitors, video-visit option, holiday rule, attorney-visit rule, or property-storage rule. Because the jail is small and the published window is limited, call before travel and confirm that the visit is still available.
| Day | Hours | Type | Source Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | In-person public visitation | Published by the official county jail page. |
| Monday through Saturday | Not published | Not published | No weekday public visiting schedule was located. |
| Remote or video visits | Not published | Not confirmed | No vendor, fee, schedule, or signup link was located. |
Arrive with government photo ID unless staff gives different instructions. Do not bring unnecessary bags, electronics, money, gifts, or mail into the visitor area without staff approval. The official page does not say that lockers are available, and it does not state that late arrivals will be admitted.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Chickasaw County Jail
Mail to Chickasaw County Jail is screened. The official page states that all incoming mail is opened and checked before it is given to the inmate. It also warns that sending or attempting to send contraband through the mail is a Class D felony. The public page does not provide a complete inmate-mail address format with booking number, housing unit, or mail vendor, so call the jail before sending letters, photos, books, checks, packages, or legal mail.
Inmates cannot receive telephone calls. They may make collect calls, and calling cards are available for purchase from commissary. For money, the page says inmates may order food and hygiene items once a week and that the maximum weekly order is $35.00. Money may be left with the jailer on duty at any time except from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. No online deposit portal, kiosk, fee, vendor, or refund rule was located.
| Service | Published Detail | What Is Not Published |
|---|---|---|
| Incoming mail is opened and checked before delivery. | Full address format, book rules, photo rules, cash rules, and legal-mail process. | |
| Contraband | Attempting to send contraband by mail is warned as a Class D felony. | Complete prohibited-item list. |
| Incoming phone calls | Inmates cannot receive telephone calls. | Emergency message process. |
| Outbound phone calls | Collect calls and commissary calling cards are the listed options. | Provider, rates, and call schedule. |
| Commissary | Food and hygiene items may be ordered once a week, with a $35.00 limit. | Vendor, order day, item list, and fees. |
| Money deposit | Money may be left with the jailer except Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Accepted payment type and receipt/refund process. |
Booking at Chickasaw County Jail
A person arrested in Chickasaw County may be taken to Chickasaw County Jail unless released by citation or routed elsewhere. Intake commonly includes identification, arresting-agency and charge recording, property inventory, booking photo and fingerprint steps, safety screening, and bond or hold review. The county did not publish a full local booking manual, so public pages should not add exact local deadlines, medical-unit details, classification levels, property-release rules, or housing assignments that were not found in official sources.
Bail is the most direct published intake-related rule. The jail page says bail may be posted by contacting the jailer on duty. It does not publish online bond payment, accepted payment methods, credit-card rules, cash-only rules, surcharge amounts, or public bond-window hours. Before paying, ask if the person is bondable, whether a no-contact order or other condition applies, and whether another hold will keep the person in custody after local bond is posted.
Note: A Chickasaw County Jail booking or arrest charge is not a conviction; compare it with the later court record.
About Chickasaw County Jail
Official sources make the Chickasaw County detention map simple. The county jail is the local facility, and state, federal, and immigration systems are lookup paths rather than separate Chickasaw County facilities. No state prison, federal BOP prison, ICE detention center, regional jail, city jail, or work-release annex was identified as operating in the county. If a person is no longer at the local jail, ask whether the person was released, transferred to another Iowa county, committed to Iowa DOC, moved under U.S. Marshals authority, or placed in immigration detention.
The jail screenshot from the official county page shows the type of information the county publishes: facility contact details, capacity, visitation, commissary, mail, phone, and bail notes. It does not show a public roster or inmate search fields.
The official Chickasaw County Jail page is the source for the jail rules summarized here.
Use the official page for rule confirmation, then call the jail when the question is current custody, bail, visit timing, mail format, or money deposit handling.
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