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Fayette County Correctional Center Overview

The Fayette County Correctional Center, also called the Fayette County Jail on sheriff materials, is operated by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. It is the local detention facility tied to arrests, jail commitments, holds, and transfers in Fayette County. The jail is used for people awaiting court, people serving local jail time, inmates held for area counties, and federal inmates held for the U.S. Marshals Service when needed.

The building is at 220 N Industrial Pkwy, West Union, IA 52175. The jail phone is 563-422-3234, while the sheriff's general dispatch and information number is 563-422-6067. The sheriff site gives public office hours as Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding holidays. Custody work does not stop at the lobby counter, so anyone planning a visit, bond payment, or records request should call before relying on counter access.

Fayette County Jail Capacity

The sheriff's jail page says the Fayette County Correctional Center opened in November 2002 and houses up to 44 prisoners. It also says the jail is usually full. That local note matters because the facility does not hold only new Fayette County arrestees. The jail can include Fayette County inmates, people from area counties, and U.S. Marshals Service federal prisoners when space and contracts require local housing.

A point-in-time roster inspection on June 13, 2026 found 61 public custody rows on the official inmate list. That public row count is not the same thing as an audited average daily population or a jail inspection census. It is still useful for reading the roster because it shows that current-custody rows can exceed the published capacity figure on the public page. The safer wording is that the official capacity is up to 44 prisoners, while the public list showed 61 entries on the inspection date.

Fayette County Correctional Center Lookup

The correct online lookup channel for current jail custody is the Fayette County Jail Inmate List. The roster is a free public page and does not require a login. It covers inmates currently in custody at the Fayette County Jail, so it is the first place to check when the person may be held at the Fayette County Correctional Center.

The roster is not proof of guilt and is not a court docket. It shows jail custody data such as name, booking date, booking time, charge label, and bond amount. The detail data can also include race, age, gender, city, state, ZIP, charge details, bond fields, and an image path when a public booking image is attached. For formal charges after arrest, use Iowa Courts Online or the Fayette County Clerk of Court. For state prison, parole, probation, or residential placement, use Iowa DOC Offender Search instead of the county roster.

1. Open the sheriff's inmate list and read the arrest-record warning before treating the row as a custody lead.
2. Search by name first, or filter by charge and booking-date range if the name spelling is uncertain.
3. Review the row for date booked, time booked, charge, and bond amount, then select the name if a detail view is available.
4. Call the jail at 563-422-3234 when the roster is unclear, the person may have been released, or bond status must be verified.

Fayette County Jail Visits

Fayette County publishes jail visit rules but not a fixed public schedule. The sheriff's jail page tells visitors to call the sheriff's office for specific visitation hours. That means the safest visit plan is to verify custody, eligibility, and the visit window before traveling to West Union. A person who appears on the roster can be moved, released, restricted, or held under a no-visit status before an online page changes.

Visitors must be at least 18 unless they are under 18 and accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. A non-expired government-issued photo ID is required, and visitors are subject to search. Food and drinks are barred from the visitation area and waiting area. Children cannot be left unattended. Cell phones are not allowed in the visitation room and must be left in a locker or vehicle.

Profanity, cursing, derogatory remarks, and loud conduct can end a visit. Headwear is barred unless it is for a verified religious reason and pre-approved by jail staff. Visitors who break rules may be restricted or banned from future visits.

Fayette County Jail Mail

Personal mail at Fayette County Correctional Center is searched, and all mail must include a return address. Legal mail is handled differently: staff do not open it in the mailroom, but the inmate opens it in front of staff. Paper must be free of stains, stickers, tape, perfume, glitter, lipstick, and similar material. Food, drink, stationery, stamps, and similar items are not allowed as mail enclosures.

Photos are not accepted through ordinary personal mail. The jail rules say photos must come from a third-party vendor such as Shutterfly, Walmart, or Target. Books must come directly from a publisher or approved source such as Amazon. Individual magazine subscriptions are not allowed. If an inmate is no longer in Fayette County Jail, mail is returned to the sender and is not forwarded.

Fayette County Jail Money

No official online commissary or deposit vendor was located for the Fayette County Jail. The researched county rules support in-person or mailed deposits by cash, money order, or certified cashier's check. Room-and-board payments are separate from inmate deposits and cannot be accepted until the person has been sentenced. Billing questions for room and board go to 563-422-6067 ext. 228 during normal business hours.

Bond is also separate from jail fees. The sheriff page gives two release paths: cash bond or a bonding agency. For cash bond, first verify the amount and type with the jail at 563-422-6067 ext. 245. During regular business hours, take cash to the Fayette County Clerk of Court, obtain the certificate verifying payment, and bring that certificate to the jail. After hours, bring the correct cash amount to the Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office does not recommend or discredit any bonding agency.

County Jail Versus DOC

The Fayette County Correctional Center is not the West Union Residential Facility and is not an Iowa state prison. A new arrest, local warrant pickup, short jail sentence, mittimus, hold for another agency, or U.S. Marshals hold may appear on the county roster while the person is physically housed in the sheriff's jail. A sentenced state prisoner, parolee, probationer, or community-corrections client is searched through Iowa DOC tools.

A Fayette County inmate can move between these systems. For broader custody context, the Fayette County inmate population page separates county jail data from state DOC and federal search channels.

Fayette County Jail History

The sheriff's history page gives unusually detailed local jail history. Fayette County's first sheriff, George W. Neff, served in the early county period. The first jail was built in the northwest corner of the courthouse in 1866. Later jail facilities included an 1882 jail with a sheriff's residence, a condemned jail and house in 1908, a 1909 jail using cells from the condemned building, closure in 1982 due to changing jail standards, and reopening in 1987. The modern correctional center opened in November 2002.

The jail also publishes a PREA zero-tolerance statement. Reports can be made by phone, in person, in writing, or anonymously. The policy says every allegation will be investigated and that substantiated violations can lead to discipline and possible criminal prosecution. The listed PREA contacts are Jail Administrator Thyron Mathews and PREA Coordinator / Assistant Jail Administrator Hilery Chensvold.