Dubuque
County Jail
The mission of the Dubuque County Jail is to provide safe, secure and constitutional detention of both sentenced and pre-trial detainees placed in the facility by the courts.
The jail will strive to provide programs
and services that are deemed feasible and practical,
to meet
the individual
problems and needs of the detainees in a cost effective
and efficient manner, and meet or exceed all state and
national standards. (State and national standards
include the Iowa
Code, Federal Statutes, civil laws deemed appropriate
and the United States and State of Iowa Constitution)
I.
Philosophy:
The length of incarceration at the county
level is relatively short. By Iowa State Statute, no one
may
be incarcerated
in a county jail for more than one (1) year. This
limits the types of intervention possible at the
Dubuque County
Jail.
The needs of many inmates revolve around
solving drug and alcohol problems, general mental health
problems,
and around
improving the methods and means of managing their
lives. These areas can begin to be dealt with
on
a short-term
basis. In cases requiring long-term services,
the jail may act
as a referral agency providing the inmate with
avenues of access to various community and social service
assistance programs. County level incarceration
often represents
the
offender's initial contact with the criminal justice
system. Effective intervention at the county level
may to a significant
degree prevent a person's continued involvement
in crime.
II. Goals of the Facility:
1 The first
goal is to insure societal protection.
2 A second goal
is to improve the offender's chances of succeeding within
the outside community.
3 The final objective is to achieve
community involvement, both with the facility and
with the inmate once
released from it.
Contact the Dubuque County
Jail:
Jail Administrator (563) 589-4405
Jail Office (563) 589-4420
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