Audubon County Jail — Audubon, Iowa

Audubon County Jail is the active adult Sheriff jail inside the Audubon County Courthouse complex at 318 Leroy St., Ste. 4, Audubon, IA 50025. The county publishes 712-563-2631 and says the Sheriff’s Office is maintained 24 hours. Chief Deputy David Beane is the jail administrator. Confirm custody and the public entrance before travel.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County Sheriff — Department History · Audubon County — Sheriff Department Staff · Audubon County BOS minutes — March 10, 2026

Do not mistake the 2024–2025 courthouse HVAC shutdown for a permanent jail closure. Board minutes say unfinished cell work prevented Audubon from housing people locally in January and March 2025 and caused outside-housing expense; the county recorded April 1, 2025 as the cell-work completion date. March 2026 minutes refer to inmates onsite. Ask where the person is actually housed today.

Sources: Audubon County BOS minutes — January 7, 2025 · Audubon County BOS minutes — March 24, 2025 · Audubon County BOS minutes — May 13, 2025 · Audubon County BOS minutes — March 10, 2026

Audubon and Exira police may arrest people, but the adult jail is operated by the County Sheriff. The Clerk and County Attorney share the Leroy Street civic complex but control court records and prosecution, not jail rules. Fourth District community corrections, the Council Bluffs residential facilities, juvenile court, Iowa prisons, BOP and ICE remain separate systems.

Sources: Audubon County Sheriff — Department History · Audubon County — County Information · Iowa Judicial Branch — Audubon District Court · Audubon County Attorney · Iowa DOC — Fourth Judicial District · Iowa DOC — Inmate and Family Services · Federal Bureau of Prisons — Inmate Locator · ICE — Online Detainee Locator

The county describes a 12-bed facility with separate cell blocks, a holding room and an isolation cell that houses men, women and out-of-county residents as needed. Twelve is physical-capacity evidence, not today’s headcount, staffed availability or proof a person arrested in Audubon is held locally. Ask 712-563-2631 for the receiving facility.

Sources: Audubon County Sheriff — Department History · Audubon County BOS minutes — January 7, 2025 · Audubon County BOS minutes — May 13, 2025 · Audubon County BOS minutes — March 10, 2026

Search IowaVINE by the person’s exact legal name and save the displayed spelling, custody location, status and identifier. IowaVINE covers Iowa jails and criminal cases and offers notifications at 888-742-8463. Because Audubon publishes no local roster or refresh interval, confirm at 712-563-2631 before money, mail, travel or a scheduled service.

Sources: Iowa DOC — Victim DOC Registration & VINE · Audubon County — Sheriff

Retry middle names, hyphens and recent name changes; check Iowa Courts Online for a filed case, but do not treat a docket as custody proof. A no-result can reflect intake delay, release, hospital care, youth placement or transfer. Use IDOC, BOP or ICE only when that separate custody is plausible, then call the jail.

Sources: Iowa Courts Online Search · Iowa DOC — Victim DOC Registration & VINE · Iowa DOC — Inmate and Family Services · Federal Bureau of Prisons — Inmate Locator · ICE — Online Detainee Locator

Use 712-563-2631 for custody, visits, communications, mail, money, health concerns, property and release. Use the Clerk at 712-563-4275 for the docket and filed orders, appointed counsel for legal strategy, and Western Iowa Transit at 712-792-9914 for a ride. The Sheriff’s 24-hour operation does not establish public lobby, visiting, bond or release hours.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County Sheriff — Department History · Iowa Judicial Branch — Audubon District Court · Region XII — Western Iowa Transit contact and accessibility

No current official Audubon page reviewed publishes whether personal visits are in person, onsite video, remote video or suspended, nor the days, hours, duration, frequency, approval list, cutoff or holiday changes. Call 712-563-2631 and ask staff to name the current visit type and booking channel before traveling or paying.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Iowa Legislature — Corrections Department Chapter 50

Audubon does not publish accepted photo IDs, an alternative without current ID, background review, former-resident restrictions or an appeal path. Ask exactly what each adult must bring, whether the name must match an account, when approval is final and what happens after a denial.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Iowa Legislature — Corrections Department Chapter 50

The local age threshold, number of children, required parent or guardian, birth certificate or custody paperwork, account registration and supervision rules are unpublished. Do not bring a child until 712-563-2631 confirms the documents and whether all children may enter together.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff

Audubon publishes no visitor dress code, locker or vehicle-storage rule, infant-supply allowance, accessibility process, interpreter process, long-distance exception, emergency visit, clergy visit or confidential attorney-visit procedure. Ask the jail before arrival and keep the name or written instruction received.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Disability Rights Iowa — Contact

No official county or direct-provider source reviewed identifies a current family video provider or confirms onsite, remote, scheduled or inbound video at Audubon. Commercial pages name incompatible vendors; those are leads, not proof. Call 712-563-2631 before creating an account, uploading ID or paying any company.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County Sheriff — Department History · Audubon County — Sheriff current services page

Ask jail staff to state the exact current video product, website or app, facility listing and whether the service is onsite or remote. Then verify the person and required account name, lead time, ID, price, duration, cancellation and refund terms on that named provider. Audubon publishes none of those details, so no app workflow is assumed.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County — Sheriff current services page

For a failed session, save the scheduled time, account name, facility selection, receipt and screenshots. Contact the provider named by jail staff before repurchasing and call 712-563-2631 to learn whether a housing move, local restriction or facility outage caused the failure. The provider and local failed-session remedy are open gaps.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County — Sheriff current services page

Audubon’s current official pages do not name a voice, messaging or device provider, account type, rate or support number. Do not use a commercial-directory Securus, InmateSales, JailATM or Reliance claim without jail confirmation. Ask 712-563-2631 for the current product and then use only the provider link or number staff gives you.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County Sheriff — Department History · Audubon County — Sheriff current services page

Before funding calls, confirm the person is housed at Audubon and obtain the exact provider, resident identifier and account ownership. Ask whether the account follows the resident after transfer or is tied to your phone, which payment methods and fees apply, and how blocks are removed. None is published locally.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County — Sheriff current services page

Save the called number, time, error message and any transaction ID. Check spam blocking, carrier restrictions and account balance only after the jail identifies its provider. Use that provider for billing or connection errors and 712-563-2631 for local housing or disciplinary restrictions; refund and transfer rules remain unpublished.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County — Sheriff current services page

Do not infer text, photo, tablet or electronic-mail access from another Iowa jail or a vendor’s generic menu. Ask Audubon whether a resident is eligible, which provider and account are used, how content is reviewed, what rates and limits apply, and whether unused value is refundable after transfer or release.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County — Sheriff current services page

Audubon County does not publish a current personal-mail destination, resident-number format, return-address rule, scanning practice or handling of originals. Do not convert 318 Leroy St., Ste. 4 into a mailing address. Call 712-563-2631 for the complete current addressee line before sending anything.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County Sheriff — Department History

The county does not publish a separate privileged-mail address, required attorney marking, verification process, opening rule or treatment of originals. Counsel should call 712-563-2631 and document the current legal-mail instructions; family members should not mark ordinary personal mail as legal mail.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County Sheriff — Department History

Audubon publishes no current limits for photos, paper, envelopes or clippings and no publisher-direct rule for books or periodicals, rejection notice, appeal or original-return process. Ask about each item and source before purchase or mailing; do not import another county’s rules.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County Sheriff — Department History

Audubon publishes no approved care-package vendor, seasonal package, clothing drop-off or property-delivery process. Call 712-563-2631 with the exact item and source and wait for current written instructions; a phone or video payment never establishes package approval.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County Sheriff — Department History

Audubon publishes no current trust or commissary provider, lobby kiosk, online link, accepted tender, resident identifier, fee, limit or posting time. Keep trust money separate from any phone account and from the county’s sentenced, work-release and out-of-county room-and-board charges. Confirm the exact deposit path at 712-563-2631 before paying.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County Sheriff — Department History · Audubon County — Sheriff current services page · Audubon County BOS minutes — February 17, 2026

The county does not publish indigent eligibility, hygiene, writing, postage, debt, release-balance or transfer-balance rules. Ask the jail separately about commissary credit and how personal trust funds are returned. A communications balance, if a provider is later confirmed, is a different account with separate terms.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County — Sheriff current services page

For immediate danger call 911; for an urgent concern about a person in custody call 712-563-2631 and state the person’s full name, symptoms, last known location, medication risk and time observed. Iowa requires jail medical arrangements, but Audubon does not publish its current clinician, secure family line or after-hours clinical route.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Iowa Legislature — Corrections Department Chapter 50

Do not deliver prescription bottles, controlled medication, glasses or medical equipment without staff direction. Ask who may receive pharmacy details, whether outside prescriptions are verified, and how the resident signs an authorization before staff discuss protected information. The nearby hospital and Public Health are community resources, not the jail’s disclosed clinical channel.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Iowa HHS — Audubon County Public Health · Audubon County — Memorial Hospital · Iowa Legislature — Corrections Department Chapter 50

Tell jail staff immediately about suicide statements, severe withdrawal, psychosis, recent overdose or missing essential medication; provide exact words and timing. Call 911 for immediate community danger and 988 for crisis support outside custody. Local sick-call, observation, family notification and mental-health contractor details remain unpublished.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Iowa Legislature — Corrections Department Chapter 50 · 211 Iowa — Contact

Audubon publishes no resident grievance form, filing deadline, emergency route, response time, appeal level or outside jail-oversight complaint channel. The resident should request the current written procedure from staff and keep dates and copies where permitted; family should ask the jail who receives a time-sensitive complaint.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Iowa Legislature — Corrections Department Chapter 50

Tell 712-563-2631 the functional barrier and requested accommodation for custody, communication or visiting; ask for the detention ADA decision-maker, written request and appeal. Audubon publishes no jail ADA coordinator or deadline. Disability Rights Iowa at 800-779-2502 and Relay 711 can provide independent disability advocacy, not order jail relief.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Disability Rights Iowa — Contact · Iowa HHS — Find Your Disability Access Point · Iowa Legislature — Corrections Department Chapter 50

PREA applies to jails and includes reporting and third-party reporting standards. For immediate danger call 911; otherwise contact the Sheriff at 712-563-2631 and ask for the current PREA reporting route and protection from retaliation. Audubon does not publish a confidential outside reporter, hotline, coordinator or family third-party form, so those remain urgent gaps.

Sources: Bureau of Justice Assistance — PREA Overview · PREA Resource Center — Prisons and Jail Standards · Audubon County — Sheriff

Search Iowa Courts Online for the docket and save the county, case number, charge entries, next event and filed bond order. For the authoritative record contact the Audubon Clerk at 318 Leroy Street #6, Audubon, 712-563-4275, CountyClerk.Audubon@iowacourts.gov. A court entry does not prove current jail custody or predict physical release time.

Sources: Iowa Courts Online Search · Iowa Judicial Branch — Audubon District Court · Audubon County — Courts

Ask the Clerk which lawyer is appointed in the actual case and use that lawyer’s verified contact. The Iowa State Public Defender lists its Council Bluffs office at 300 W Broadway, Suite 125, 712-323-9115, but an office listing does not prove assignment. The County Attorney prosecutes, and Iowa Legal Aid handles civil matters rather than appointed criminal defense.

Sources: Iowa Judicial Branch — Audubon District Court · Iowa State Public Defender — Council Bluffs · Audubon County Attorney · Iowa Legal Aid — Get Help

The statewide bond schedule is a starting framework, not the final amount or conditions in every case. Confirm the filed order with the Clerk and custody status with the jail. Audubon does not publish bond-posting location, hours, accepted tender, surety process, fees or after-hours method; do not arrive with cash or a card on assumption.

Sources: Iowa Judicial Branch — Uniform Bond Schedule · Iowa Judicial Branch — Audubon District Court · Audubon County — Sheriff

Audubon publishes no resident authorization form, recipient ID, pickup hours, storage deadline, clothing exchange or transfer handling. Ask 712-563-2631 whether the resident must initiate release, what the recipient must bring and which entrance staff will use; do not travel until staff confirms the item is ready.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff

A filed court order, completed payment or VINE alert does not establish the jail’s processing finish. Ask 712-563-2631 about the release door, notification, clothing, medication, identification, property and remaining trust funds. Audubon publishes no release window, waiting area or guaranteed pickup coordination.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Iowa DOC — Victim DOC Registration & VINE · Iowa Judicial Branch — Audubon District Court

Iowa DOC’s Fourth District covers Audubon for community-based corrections and lists its headquarters and adult probation/parole offices in Council Bluffs. Those programs and residential facilities are not the county jail and do not prove release. Confirm the assigned office and reporting instruction from the filed order or supervising officer.

Sources: Iowa DOC — Fourth Judicial District · Iowa Judicial Branch — Audubon District Court

Navigate to 318 Leroy St., Ste. 4, Audubon, IA 50025, where the county places the Sheriff and jail in the courthouse complex. Stop and ask which public entrance serves the exact task. Suite 6 is the Clerk, not the jail entrance; a shared civic address does not make court office hours jail hours.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Audubon County Sheriff — Department History · Iowa Judicial Branch — Audubon District Court · Iowa DOT — Audubon County Maps

The Iowa Judicial Branch says court users park where they can around the courthouse. That wording does not identify a jail visitor lot, accessible stall, after-hours waiting area, drop-off point or rule for remaining in a vehicle. Call 712-563-2631 for task-specific parking and entrance guidance before driving.

Sources: Iowa Judicial Branch — Audubon District Court · Audubon County — Sheriff · Iowa DOT — Audubon County Maps · Disability Rights Iowa — Contact

Western Iowa Transit provides door-to-door general-public service in Audubon County. Call 712-792-9914 at least 24 hours ahead, request 318 Leroy St., Ste. 4 and a return trip, and disclose mobility or language needs. Region XII publishes Monday–Friday 7 a.m.–5 p.m. service and accessible vehicles, but no fixed jail stop, loading point, same-day seat or release pickup.

Sources: Region XII — Western Iowa Transit · Iowa DOT — Western Iowa Transit · Region XII — Western Iowa Transit contact and accessibility · Iowa DOT — Public Transportation Services

For October 1–7, 2026, the published Monday–Friday calendar supports potential service Thursday Oct. 1, Friday Oct. 2, Monday Oct. 5, Tuesday Oct. 6 and Wednesday Oct. 7. It publishes no regular Saturday Oct. 3 or Sunday Oct. 4 service. Every weekday ride still requires advance dispatch acceptance.

Sources: Region XII — Western Iowa Transit · Iowa DOT — Western Iowa Transit · Region XII — Western Iowa Transit contact and accessibility

Western Iowa Transit service ends at 5 p.m. and requires advance scheduling, while Audubon publishes no release window or promised discharge time. The operator does not promise same-day or discharge pickup. Arrange a flexible trusted-person backup and use 211 Iowa for transportation or shelter referrals if plans fail.

Sources: Region XII — Western Iowa Transit · Region XII — Western Iowa Transit contact and accessibility · 211 Iowa — Contact · Audubon County — Sheriff

Audubon County lists Blue Grass Inn and Suites at 2073 Highway 71, Audubon, 712-563-2126. It may help for a multiday court or family trip, but confirm vacancy, price, accessibility, check-in and transport directly. A lodging listing does not guarantee a safe walk to the courthouse jail.

Sources: Audubon County — Lodging · Audubon County — Sheriff

Travel Iowa lists El Adobe Mexican Restaurant at 320 Broadway St., Audubon, 712-563-2210. Call for current hours, accessibility and service before relying on it; Jail411 does not guarantee a menu, price, same-day opening or walking route from the jail.

Sources: Travel Iowa — El Adobe Mexican Restaurant

The county’s November 2025 food-bank list places the Audubon Food Pantry inside New Opportunities Audubon County Family Development Center, 109 Tracy St., 712-563-2777, and says to call or check current postings before going. Ask about food and stabilization help; the pantry does not control custody, release or supervision.

Sources: Audubon County — Food bank list

Iowa HHS serves Audubon by appointment at 318 Leroy Street through the Carroll County office, 712-792-4391 or 866-202-5968. For food, housing, utilities, transportation and health referrals, call 211 or 866-813-1731, or text the ZIP code to 898211. Confirm eligibility and hours with the receiving program.

Sources: Iowa HHS — Audubon County HHS · 211 Iowa — Contact

Iowa Legal Aid accepts civil basic-needs applications at 800-532-1503 and states that Spanish is available; it is not the appointed criminal lawyer. Disability Rights Iowa takes assistance requests at 800-779-2502 or Relay 711. Neither replaces a time-sensitive request to jail staff or defense counsel.

Sources: Iowa Legal Aid — Get Help · Disability Rights Iowa — Contact · Iowa State Public Defender — Clients

Audubon County Veterans Affairs is at 318 Leroy St. #4, Audubon, 712-563-3508, with published Tuesday–Thursday 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. hours. Ask about benefits and relief; the office does not control jail custody, bond or release even though the county page uses the same suite number.

Sources: Audubon County Veterans Affairs

Before travel or payment, reconfirm custody, receiving facility, address, visit approval, court order, any provider named by staff, transit reservation and release status. Keep names, times, case and booking identifiers, receipts and screenshots. A vendor listing does not override a jail restriction, and a court order does not set processing time.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Iowa DOC — Victim DOC Registration & VINE · Iowa Judicial Branch — Audubon District Court · Region XII — Western Iowa Transit contact and accessibility

Ask for the current written rule or staff member responsible for visits, mail, money, health, property, ADA, PREA or release. Record the date, exact answer and contact without publishing private resident details. This packet records unresolved operations as gaps rather than filling them with another county’s rules.

Sources: Audubon County — Sheriff · Iowa Legislature — Corrections Department Chapter 50 · PREA Resource Center — Prisons and Jail Standards