Des Moines County Jail Roster Status
An official Des Moines County online current-inmates roster was not located on the official sheriff or county pages reviewed. The county jail page links jail information, bonding agencies, Iowa Courts Online, PREA, Prodigy, and the jail FAQ, but no visible current-inmates or jail roster link was found in the official navigation. That gap changes the lookup method. The best first step for same-day custody is the jail information line, not a third-party roster site.
The Des Moines County Correctional Center is the local jail. It is operated by the Des Moines County Sheriff's Office and handles local custody for adults booked by county or city agencies when they are held in Des Moines County. The jail is different from Iowa DOC state prison custody, the federal Bureau of Prisons, ICE detention, and city police arrest reporting. A Burlington Police Daily Arrest Log may show a recent arrest, but it is not a county jail inmate record and does not prove that the person is still in custody.
Important: A missing online roster result does not prove release; verify current custody with the jail or the agency holding the person.
Confirm Des Moines County Jail Custody
For current custody, call the Des Moines County Correctional Center at 319-753-8275. Have the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest date, arresting agency, and incident number ready. If the person was arrested by Burlington Police, the Daily Arrest Log can help identify arrest time, offense, statute, and related incident number, but the jail is still the source for whether the person is physically held at the Correctional Center.
- Call the jail at 319-753-8275 for current custody, release timing, and local hold questions.
- Use 319-753-8212 for sheriff records questions during normal business hours.
- Email so-clerical@dmcounty.com when a public-records request or written routing is needed.
- Search Iowa Courts Online after charges are filed and entered in the court system.
- Move to Iowa DOC, VINE, BOP, or ICE only when the facts point beyond county jail custody.
This sequence avoids a common Des Moines County problem. Web searches for "Des Moines jail" often return Polk County or City of Des Moines material. Those are not Des Moines County sources. Des Moines County is in southeast Iowa, with Burlington as the county seat.
Des Moines County Sheriff Records Requests
The Des Moines County Sheriff's records-request page is the main fallback when a booking record, incident report, accident report, or other jail-related public record is not posted online. The records page says requesters should be specific because the nature of the request determines total cost. The first 30 minutes of staff time are free. Time and materials after 30 minutes are billed, payment is required before release, and ordinary processing is within 10 business days.
The sheriff's public-records form is optional and anonymous requests are honored. It still gives useful fields for a clear request: requester contact information if provided, description of the record, delivery preference, signature and date, and office-use fields for response, copies, fees, denial reason, and balance. The form says emailed records can avoid paper, disc, or flash-drive fees when the sheriff can send the records electronically.
| Request Item | Des Moines County Detail |
|---|---|
| Records phone | 319-753-8212 during normal business hours |
| Email requests | so-clerical@dmcounty.com |
| Processing time | Ordinarily within 10 business days |
| Staff time | First 30 minutes free, actual time after that |
| Payment | Cash, check, or money order; payment before records are released |
Des Moines County Inmate Record Fields
No official current-inmate roster profile was located for Des Moines County, so public pages should not claim that online jail records show booking numbers, mugshots, bond by charge, court dates, housing units, or release dates. Those fields may exist in jail records, court records, or police reports, but they were not documented as visible fields on an official county online inmate profile during the research pass.
| Field or Category | What It May Show |
|---|---|
| Person name | Name of the person tied to a booking, arrest, court case, or request. |
| Booking or arrest date | Date connected to jail admission or police arrest reporting, if released by the custodian. |
| Arresting agency | Sheriff, Burlington Police, West Burlington Police, or another agency involved in the arrest. |
| Incident or report number | Police or sheriff reference number useful for records requests. |
| Charges or statutes | Alleged offenses at arrest or filed court charges after prosecutor review. |
| Custody status | Current jail status only if confirmed by jail staff or a responsible custody source. |
Use careful wording when requesting records. A clear request might ask for public records for the booking or arrest of a named person on or about a specific date, including any public booking sheet, charge list, bond or release information, and booking photograph available for public release. If fees may exceed the free staff time, ask for an estimate before processing.
Burlington Arrest Logs vs Jail Records
The Burlington Police Department publishes E-Reports, including Daily Arrest Log and Daily Activity Log files. The inspected Daily Arrest Log sample is a city arrest-summary PDF, not a Des Moines County jail roster. It can show arrest time and date, inmate name for adults, birth date, arrest type, agency, arrest location, related incidents, offense, statute, court code, crime class, and total arrests reported. Juvenile names are anonymized as juvenile offenders.
That city police source is useful when Burlington Police made the arrest and the reader needs an incident number or arrest facts. It does not show mugshots in the inspected sample. It also does not show current jail housing, release status, active bond after court review, or state custody after transfer. West Burlington Police publishes report-request information and a records clerk contact, but no jail roster was documented on its official police page.
The official Burlington Police page is a useful arrest-report source when a case starts in the city.
Use city arrest logs as supporting records, then confirm custody through the county jail or court system.
Iowa Courts Online for Des Moines County Charges
Once a criminal case is filed, court information moves to Iowa Courts Online. The Iowa court entry page says free public docket information is available without registration or subscription. The docket is an index of filings and proceedings maintained by clerk of court offices. It is the right system for filed court charges, dispositions, hearings, costs, and public case events after a jail arrest.
| Search Type | Field or Rule | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trial name search | Last or firm name | At least two letters; wildcard rules apply. |
| Trial name search | First and middle name | Optional fields help separate similar names. |
| Date-of-birth search | First name, last name, exact DOB | DOB search requires exact birth date and names without wildcards. |
| Case ID search | County, case type, case ID | Use Des Moines County when the filing county is known. |
| Citation search | Citation number | Useful when the citation number is known from paperwork. |
Iowa Courts Online is not real-time jail custody. The help material says cases added to the case-management system take one business day to appear, then update in real time after they are visible. Juvenile and confidential case information is not available online. Public case documents may need to be viewed on a courthouse terminal in the filing county.
Des Moines County Booking Process
Des Moines County does not publish a full booking manual, but official source boundaries support a careful sequence. A person may be arrested by the sheriff, Burlington Police, West Burlington Police, or another agency. If held locally, the person is taken into county jail custody at the Des Moines County Correctional Center. Typical jail intake may include identity checks, property handling, search, fingerprints, photograph, health screening, classification, and booking paperwork, but those steps were not published as a local policy list.
Room-and-board charges begin when an inmate is booked and housed. Des Moines County cites Iowa Code section 356.7 for a $55 per day room-and-board charge. If the court grants work release, the inmate must complete the work-release form and stay current on the $20 per working day fee before leaving for work. That work-release charge is deducted from the daily room-and-board fee.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest, when identity, custody paperwork, and related records may be created.
- Hold or detainer
- A notice or order from another agency that can affect release even if local bond is posted.
- Work release
- Court-authorized jail status that allows work outside the facility under jail rules and fees.
State Federal and VINE Searches
Sentenced state prisoners from Des Moines County are searched through Iowa DOC Offender Search, not through the county jail. The DOC search includes fields such as first name, middle name, last name, offender number, sex, location, offense, county of commitment, and name-search mode. The county-of-commitment field is useful for people sentenced from Des Moines County but housed elsewhere.
| Custody Question | Correct Source | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Held today in the county jail? | Des Moines County Correctional Center | Local custody and release questions start with the jail. |
| Sentenced to Iowa prison? | Iowa DOC Offender Search | DOC handles state prison and supervision records. |
| Need custody notifications? | Iowa VINE | VINE provides custody or case alerts after registration. |
| Federal prison custody? | BOP Inmate Locator | BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration custody? | ICE Online Detainee Locator | ICE covers current ICE custody and CBP custody over 48 hours. |
Des Moines County Inmate Contact Basics
The county jail page publishes communication and commissary facts, but no official in-person visitation schedule or visitor rule table was found in the reviewed pages. All inmate phone calls are listed at $0.21 per minute, video calls at $0.35 per minute, and text messaging at $0.15 per message. Friends and family may use ProdigySales.com for phone and video account funding, while JailATM is the listed commissary deposit vendor.
| Contact Type | Published Channel | Published Cost or Limit |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | Verify with jail at 319-753-8275 | Schedule not published in official sources reviewed |
| Video calls | Prodigy / ProdigySales.com | $0.35 per minute |
| Phone calls | Prodigy phone system | $0.21 per minute |
| Text messaging | Prodigy messaging | $0.15 per message |
| Commissary | JailATM | Inmates may buy commissary once per week |
Mail should be addressed with the inmate's name and sent to 3630 Bauer Drive, Burlington, IA 52601. The reviewed county pages did not publish postcard-only rules, package rules, book-vendor rules, photo limits, legal-mail handling, or rejected-mail procedures. Call the jail before sending anything beyond a basic letter.
Des Moines County Jail Contact
The county has one local jail facility in the research map. Use the jail address for jail questions and inmate mail. Use the sheriff office address for records and administrative routing unless staff direct a different place.
Des Moines County Correctional Center
3630 Bauer Drive
Burlington, IA 52601
319-753-8275
Jail information and inmate mail
Des Moines County Sheriff's Office Records
512 N. Main St.
Burlington, IA 52601
319-753-8212
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
For booking photos and photo requests, the Des Moines County jail mugshots page explains the same public-record route without promising an online gallery.