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When it comes to the Ames Jail in Ames, Iowa, you will find that the facility is utterly small facility.
The Ames Jail is often confused with the bigger Story County Jail. The Story County Jail is the long-term holding facility, while the Ames Jail is pretty much short-term holding.
The Ames Jail will typically ONLY house an inmate up to 72 hours (3 days). It takes the Ames Jail approximately 24 hours to fully book them into the facility and the next 48 hours will either consist of them getting released or sent off to the Story County Jail.
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Of course, you may or may not be looking for your loved one. You may think that the Ames Jail has their records and mugshots online. Unfortunately, with how fast the booking and releasing process is done in the facility, the city of Ames jail does not have this information out for the general public.
If your loved one has not come home in a few days and you expect them to be in the Ames Jail, you can contact the jail directly.
Sending a Mail
With the Ames Jail being strictly a short-term facility, inmates in the Ames Jail will not receive this privilege.
Sending a letter or a care package to an inmate is strictly for facilities that keep their inmates longer than 72 hours (3 days).
If you send an inmate in the Ames Jail a letter or a package, the letter or package will either be disposed of, refused, or sent directly back to you.
Please do not send anything to the Ames Jail. By the time it gets there the inmate would have either been released or the inmate would have been transferred off to the Story County Jail.
Sending Money
Again, same with sending money to the Ames Jail. The Ames Jail is a short-term facility. Inmates in the Ames Jail do not have the privilege of getting or needing money while they are here.
Please do not mail any cash, money orders, or cashier’s check to the Ames Jail. Please do not come down to the Ames Jail with any cash, money orders, or cashier’s checks. These will be refused.
It is best to wait for the inmate to get transferred out to the Story County Jail or another facility on that level where they will need funds. They will not need any funds while in the Ames Jail.
Phone Calls
The one and only privilege inmates will have in the Ames Jail will be access to a telephone in their jail cell.
Every cell in the Ames Jail has a telephone in it. Inmates will be permitted to use that telephone at their direction.
Inmates will only be able to make collect calls. So, if you and your family does not have access to a landline, or the inmate does not know the landline number, you will never receive the calls. Collect calls do not work on a cell phone, unfortunately.
Visiting Rules
With the Ames Jail being strictly a short-term facility, inmates in the Ames Jail will not receive this privilege.
Inmates can receive visits from their legal counsel though. Inmates are not permitted to receive visits from their friends and family.
Visitation Hours
| Sunday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Monday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Thursday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Friday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Saturday | 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Holiday | – |
Directions
Refer the map below to find the driving directions.
