Iowa Inmate Search



Iowa Inmates



Click to the Iowa Inmate Search Page to look for Iowa inmates. Look to the column on the left and click the tab "offender information" which is the first tab under the column heading "Offender".

You can use as little as a last name. Remember to put the two words (with a space in between them) in the Captcha box before clicking "find".




Iowa Department of Corrections


There are over 8000 Iowa inmates incarcerated in 9 institutions throughout the state.

Are you looking for information about Iowa prison facilities? Some basic information is available on this page: Iowa Prisons

Are you looking for visiting information? Click to the Institution Visiting Hours page. (Scroll down to see all of the prisons).

Are you looking for information on telephones? Click to the Offender Telephone Service page.

Do you need information on other topics? Click to the Family and Friends page. 

Looking for a phone number or an address? Click to the Contacts page.

Contact information for the central office is:

  • 510 E. 12th St.
  • Des Moines, Iowa 50319
  • 515-725-5701




Iowa County Jails


More and more county jails are placing their information on their web sites. As these become available, they will be added below.

Buena Vista County
Cass County
Dallas County
Iowa City (Police Arrest Blotter)
Iowa Counties Inmate Search (Vinelink-incomplete)
City of Keokuk
Polk County
Sioux County
Story County

Arrest Warrants/Most Wanted
Council Bluffs (Police)
Fayette County
Sioux County






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