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Delaware County Jail Overview

The Delaware County Sheriff's Office operates the Delaware County Jail, also described in county materials as the Delaware County Sheriff's Correctional Facility. It is the primary local detention facility identified in the Delaware County Facility Map. People arrested by the sheriff's office and local agencies may be transported there for intake, booking, and housing until release, bond, transfer, sentence, or another lawful discharge.

The facility serves a local jail function. It is not an Iowa DOC prison, a federal prison, or an ICE detention facility. The jail population includes people awaiting court, people serving county jail time, court-order holds, probation violation holds, and other local holds that appear on the public roster. The research did not locate a separate public county work-release annex, regional jail, or city jail roster in Delaware County.

The Delaware County jail division page is the official source for the facility's current capacity and jail operations summary.

The jail division page connects the facility to inmate records, charge and bond phone extensions, intake steps, meals, medical care, and the official capacity figure.

Delaware County Jail Population

The official Delaware County Jail capacity is 42 inmates, according to the Delaware County Sheriff Jail Division page inspected on June 13, 2026. The current roster snapshot inspected the same day showed 11 visible entries in the GMD Solutions booking widget. That count is a public roster snapshot and can change at any time. It is not the same as average daily population, annual bookings, or an official utilization rate.

Iowa Administrative Code 201-50 defines average daily population and capacity for jail standards and says established capacities generally cannot be exceeded except emergency or temporary circumstances while arranging alternate housing or release. No official Delaware County ADP table was located in the research file.

Look Up Delaware County Jail Inmates

Use the official Delaware County inmate roster for current local jail custody. The roster uses an embedded GMD Solutions Delaware widget that displays current roster cards. It does not provide a public search box, released-inmate tab, date filter, or historical archive in the inspected HTML. If the roster does not load, try the direct widget URL, then call the jail.

1. Open the official roster page from the sheriff's jail division menu.
2. Scroll the current roster because the Delaware County widget has no public search field.
3. Match the person by name and local ID number.
4. Review the date field, charge, bond amount, cell code, and additional charges.
5. Call 563-927-3135 ext. 6622 or ext. 6623 for current charge, bond, release, or serving-time questions.

Sentenced state prisoners are not searched through this facility page after transfer to DOC. Use the Iowa DOC Offender Search for state custody, the BOP locator for federal sentenced custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.

Delaware County Jail Address

Use the jail contact information for custody, charge, bond, serving-time, and inmate questions. The sheriff's main line and sheriff extension are useful for broader sheriff business, but the jail extensions are more direct for inmate records. Public counter hours in the research are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Booking at Delaware County Jail

Delaware County publishes a short intake sequence. Arrested people are transported to the Delaware County Sheriff's Correctional Facility, then go through property intake, medical screening, fingerprinting, photographing, and warrants check. The photographing step is the source of the booking image when the roster displays one. The warrants check can reveal court-order holds, probation holds, or other custody reasons that may affect release.

Property intake and medical screening are not just administrative labels. Iowa jail standards require secure handling and inventory of prisoner property, and the county jail page says medical care is provided through Regional Medical Center. If an inmate becomes ill while incarcerated, the person must fill out a request for medical attention. Meals are served three times a day and delivered directly to cells, with special dietary accommodations.

Delaware County Jail Charge Checks

The public roster can show a primary charge, additional charge lines, and bond amounts. The charge text is a jail roster field, not the full court file. Formal case charges appear in Iowa Courts Online and in the Delaware County Clerk of Court record after the Delaware County Attorney files or pursues the case. Charges may be amended, reduced, added, or dismissed after the first roster entry appears.

Visiting Delaware County Jail

The inspected Delaware County visitation/mail page is titled for inmate video visitation, telephone, and email correspondence, but the captured official text did not include a full in-person or video visitation schedule. Confirm current visiting rules, ID needs, appointment requirements, and lobby access with jail staff before travel. The page does publish detailed mail rules and identifies what incoming mail can contain.

Mail and Money at Delaware County Jail

Mail should use the inmate's full name, Delaware County Jail, 1225 W. Howard Street, Manchester, IA 52057. Incoming mail is opened and searched for contraband. The county lists contraband examples such as money, checks, inappropriate photos, matches, lighters, cigarettes, jewelry, and chewing gum. It also says mail will not be accepted from anyone incarcerated in the Delaware County Jail within the previous six months.

Delaware County Jail Standards

Iowa Administrative Code 201-50 applies to jail facilities and covers capacity, inspection, classification, housing, physical plant, property, medical, mail, and security standards. It requires annual jail inspections by the chief jail inspector or representatives, with results reported to the sheriff and governing body. These standards matter when reading population figures because capacity has a defined role in jail operations.

Local news gives useful history but should not replace current county sources. A 2018 news report described the old jail capacity issue and overflow transfers. A 2021 report described a new sheriff's office and jail open house. Current county pages now publish a 42-inmate capacity, which is the current official figure used for Delaware County Jail population context.