How do I confirm someone is at the Linn County jail?
Search ICE's Online Detainee Locator. A name search can return several people with the same name and country, so match the year of birth shown in the results, or use the A-number. Then call ICE's Cedar Rapids office at (319) 221-1550 between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. with full names, aliases, date and country of birth. The jail's main line is (319) 892-6300, and the ICE field office list gives (612) 409-7799 for St. Paul. ICE's Linn page is dated August 6, 2026.
How do visits work at Linn County?
ICE lists visiting all seven days, 9 a.m. to 11:20 a.m., 1 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Schedule at videovisit.ncic.com. Kiosks in the 2nd floor public visitation area of the Linn County Correctional Center carry no charge; bring your emailed confirmation code and show ID at the records window. You may see one person per visit, and each person may have 2 visits of 20 minutes a week, with at most 2 adults and 1 child, or 1 adult and 2 children. Visits are non-contact.
What ends a video visit or blocks a visitor?
Nothing may be shown to the camera, including photographs. Merely displaying a phone or recording device ends the visit, as do screenshots, and privileges may be suspended. ICE says both visitor and detained person can lose visits for showing photographs, producing a phone, hitting screens or being disruptive. Firearms, drugs or illegal activity bring an indefinite suspension. Visitors need a full shirt: no tank tops, see-through or low-cut shirts. Denial grounds also include intoxication, a charge or conviction for furnishing drugs or contraband to detainees, "persons with serious mental illness", talking to anyone not registered, or the detained person's refusal.
Where do money and belongings go?
Commissary and phone deposits go through the lobby kiosk or the sheriff's website, and post within 24 hours, excluding weekends and holidays. ICE also allows mailed cash, cashier's checks or money orders, with no teller fee, but gives no address for them, so call first. Personal checks are refused, and incomplete or incorrect money orders come back. The jail accepts only money: mail clothing and travel items to, or bring them to, ICE's Cedar Rapids office, 3351 Square D Dr. SW. ICE prints its ZIP code with an extra digit, so confirm at (319) 221-1550. Outside medication is refused. Property is capped at 40 pounds.
How do I get an urgent message through, and what should lawyers know?
Detained people cannot take incoming calls. ICE says to leave an urgent message with the person's name, A-number and your number, but prints no number there; its detainee line is (319) 221-1550. Tablets carry non-confidential messages through NCIC.com or 1-800-943-2189. Legal visits run 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; book calls at (319) 892-6300, 24 hours ahead. Representatives outside Cedar Rapids may email marked legal mail, with a cover sheet, to shjdo-dl@linncountyiowa.gov. For the court, look up the hearing date. Compare the Iowa directory and ICE facilities directory.