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Woodbury County Jail Overview

The official jail information page identifies the Woodbury County Law Enforcement Center and Jail as the sheriff-operated adult detention facility. It houses people waiting for court, people serving local sentences, and federal prisoners held through a U.S. Marshals Service contract. That mix is important for a custody search. A person may be in the county jail roster while held on a local charge, a county sentence, or a federal hold, but a sentenced Iowa prison offender should be checked through the Iowa Department of Corrections instead of the county roster.

The jail sits within the Law Enforcement Center completed in 2024. The sheriff's jail page lists capacity as 498 inmates, and the inspected WCICC roster returned 368 records on June 13, 2026. Those figures are not the same measure. Capacity is the county's published bed count, while the roster count is a dated public-search snapshot. Woodbury County also reports a classification process through the RISC Team before housing assignment, with duties that include custody classification, high-risk transports, tactical response, and mental-health-aware inmate management.

The Woodbury County Sheriff's Office lists Chad Sheehan as sheriff and Todd Peterson as chief deputy. Jail questions are routed through the Law Enforcement Center, and the official jail page names Captain Todd Harlow for jail and RISC questions. Use those county sources for current operating details, because booking, release, and bond information can change faster than a public search result.

The county jail information screenshot in the local manifest comes from the Woodbury County jail information page.

The source page is the controlling reference for the jail's capacity, visit windows, mail processing address, commissary deposit channels, and phone service.

Woodbury County Jail Capacity

Woodbury County publishes a current jail capacity, and the public roster showed a dated search count on June 13, 2026. The official jail page says the Law Enforcement Center and Jail has capacity for 498 inmates. The WCICC current roster returned 368 records when inspected on that date. Treat that 368 figure as a point-in-time roster count, not as an annual average daily population or a promise about today's count.

Older Census and Prison Policy Initiative data listed the prior Woodbury County Jail average daily population at 249 in 2013. That older figure is useful only as history. It should not be treated as the current jail population after the 2024 replacement facility opened.

Lookup Woodbury County Jail Inmates

The correct public lookup for this adult jail is the Woodbury County In Jail Search, routed from the county's official inmate page. The WCICC roster is a current in-jail search. It is not a full criminal-history report, and its own disclaimer says an arrest record is not proof of guilt and that case disposition must be verified through the arresting agency or Iowa Courts Online.

1. Open the Woodbury County In Jail Search and start with a name search.
2. Leave date and charge fields blank at first if the spelling or booking date is uncertain.
3. Use the date-booked or charge fields only to narrow a broad result set.
4. Review the visible fields: name, date booked, time booked, charge text, bond amount, and the details link.
5. Call 712-279-6040 if bond, release, or custody timing must be verified before travel or payment.

If the person has been sentenced to Iowa state custody, search the Iowa DOC Offender Search. If the case is federal, the person may still appear in the Woodbury jail while physically held there under the U.S. Marshals contract, but sentenced federal prison custody belongs in the BOP Inmate Locator.

Woodbury County Jail Contact

Use the jail phone for bond verification, release conditions, and current custody routing. The sheriff's office number is broader and can route general sheriff business. The 24-hour non-emergency number is the fallback for time-sensitive but non-emergency law-enforcement contact.

Woodbury County Jail Visits

Woodbury County publishes weekday video visitation windows. Visitors must check in with Jail Administration during the stated check-in times, and the official page says there is no visitation on holidays. The jail also publishes a prior-arrest rule: a serious or aggravated misdemeanor arrest bars visits for 90 days, a felony arrest bars visits for one year, and a simple misdemeanor arrest allows visiting the next day.

Woodbury County Jail Mail

Woodbury County separates non-legal mail from legal mail, and the address matters. Non-legal inmate mail goes to a processing address in Longview, Texas, where it is scanned, delivered electronically, and destroyed. The jail page warns that mail sent elsewhere may be returned, and mail without a return name or address may be destroyed. Legal mail must come from a verified attorney, be marked as legal mail, and be sent to the Woodbury County Jail post-office box in Sioux City.

Soft-covered bibles are accepted Monday through Friday during the posted jail administration window. New soft-covered books with a receipt are accepted on Wednesday only, with an ID required at the Jail Administration window.

Woodbury County Jail Booking

Adult booking at the Woodbury County Law Enforcement Center can follow an arrest by county deputies, Sioux City police, another local agency, a court warrant, a jail sentence, or a federal hold. The public roster shows a narrow set of booking fields: inmate name, date booked, time booked when available, charge text, bond amount, and a details link. It does not show home address, full date of birth, medical status, housing unit, court disposition, or release date in the search-result view.

After intake, the jail's classification process determines housing. The RISC Team material says classification looks at custody level, education, vocational and psychological needs, and separation of non-violent inmates from predatory inmates. Bond is a separate court or jail-release question. The official jail page says bond amount and release conditions should be verified by phone before payment.

About Woodbury County Jail

The Law Enforcement Center and Jail replaced the older jail environment and was completed in 2024. Iowa Public Radio reported in September 2024 that the project cost about $70 million and included a courtroom inside the Law Enforcement Center so inmates would not need to be transported outside for some legal proceedings. The official county jail page remains the source for current capacity, mail, phone, bond, visitation, and custody rules.