Linn County Jail

Linn County Jail is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It falls under the St. Paul Field Office ERO field office area of responsibility.

Facility quick reference

How to locate or contact a detainee

ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System at locator.ice.gov finds people in ICE custody. It searches by the person’s A-number (Alien Registration Number) and country of birth, or by their full name, country of birth, and date of birth.

To ask whether someone is held here, ICE publishes (319) 221-1550 for detainee information and asks for the detainee’s full name, alien registration number (A-number), date of birth and country of birth. ICE gives the hours of this line as 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. (checked October 19, 2026). For an urgent message, ICE’s page says the caller must leave the detainee’s full name, alien registration number, and the caller’s own name and a phone number where they can be reached, and that the detainee will be given the message; the page prints no separate urgent-message number. The general facility line (319) 892-6300 is for other questions. Detainees cannot receive incoming calls — they place outgoing calls themselves. ICE asks callers to have the person’s biographical information ready (full legal name and any aliases, date of birth, and country of birth). ICE’s page says the facility has tablets and that information on sending a non-confidential message is available at NCIC.com or by calling 1-800-943-2189 (checked October 19, 2026).

On-site video visits

(checked October 16, 2026)

• Visiting hours, 7 days a week: 9 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.; 1 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.; 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• All visits must be scheduled through NCIC; visitors must show ID at the records window before access to the public elevator and need their emailed confirmation code for the kiosk.
• Detainees are eligible for 2, 20-minute visits per week, limited to a combination of 2 adults and 1 child or 1 adult and 2 children.

Also on ICE’s page (checked October 19, 2026):

• Visitors may visit only 1 detainee per visit.
• The kiosks for free-of-charge visits are in the 2nd floor public visitation area at Linn County Correctional Center.
• Nothing may be shown to the camera, including photographs. ICE says displaying a cellphone or other recording device, or taking screenshots, ends the visit, and privileges may be suspended.
• The general public may not bring food, beverages, diaper bags or packages larger than briefcases into the Correctional Center; cell phones and electronic devices are not allowed in the visitation area, and ICE says those caught with them are subject to a visitation suspension.
• Clergy may visit at any time and, ICE says, may call ahead to reserve time to speak with a detainee.

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

Personal items must be mailed or brought to the Cedar Rapids, IA ICE Office and cannot be dropped off at the facility (checked October 16, 2026). Under ICE’s National Detention Standards, Revised 2019, §5.1(E), incoming general mail is opened and inspected for contraband, and outgoing general mail may be inspected and read if it is addressed to another detainee or staff have reason to believe it threatens the facility’s security or order, endangers someone, or could facilitate criminal activity. Only special correspondence — mail to or from attorneys and other legal representatives, courts and judges, government attorneys, embassies and consulates, the President and Vice President of the United States, members of Congress, the Department of Justice (including the immigration courts), DHS (including ICE/ERO, IHSC, CRCL and the DHS Inspector General), grievance administrators, and the news media — may not be read or copied by staff. Incoming special correspondence is inspected for contraband in the detainee’s presence; outgoing special correspondence is not opened, inspected or read, and if a need exists, any inspection takes place in the detainee’s presence. The standard limits any inspection to detecting physical contraband and confirming that enclosures qualify as special correspondence. Mail counts as special correspondence only if the envelope unambiguously identifies the title and office of the sender (incoming mail) or of the addressee (outgoing mail). Under that standard, ordinary letters do not carry the special-correspondence protection. Rules for commissary (account) deposits and permitted personal items vary by facility, and so does the number that handles them — ICE names a separate facility mail clerk on some facility pages. The deposit route, the accepted form of payment, and the number to call for this facility are in the Sending Items to Detainees section of its own ICE page (linked above).

What ICE publishes for this facility’s mail, money, and packages

(checked October 16, 2026)

• Funds may be mailed as cash, cashier’s check, or money order. Personal checks are not accepted for any account or service.
• Personal items, including clothing, supplies and travel necessities, must go to the Cedar Rapids, IA ICE Office; they cannot be dropped off at the facility. Items must be necessary solely for travel or release from custody and approved by the ICE Deportation Officer. Total detainee property must not exceed 40 pounds at any time. ICE states that medications from outside sources are not accepted in person or by mail.
• Money orders must be completely and correctly filled out; incomplete or incorrect orders are returned immediately to the sender.
• Deposits at the jail or online (checked October 19, 2026): cash deposits to detainee commissary and telephone accounts can be made at the Correctional Center lobby Kiosk-Tablet or online through the Linn County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) website; ICE says these payments are applied within 24 hours (excluding weekends and holidays). Funds mailed to detainees are not subject to the teller service fee, and ICE says money is not to be given directly to the detainee.
• ICE says there are no exceptions for receiving detainee mail that does not follow these guidelines.
• ICE gives the Cedar Rapids ICE Office’s street address as 3351 Square D Dr. SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (checked October 19, 2026).

Legal access, attorneys, and immigration court information

Detainees have the right to speak with an attorney, and attorney–client visits and calls are confidential. For information about a case before the immigration court (EOIR), EOIR’s automated hotline is 1-800-898-7180, which works by A-number. For a matter before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the main line of EOIR (the Justice Department agency the BIA belongs to) is (703) 305-0289. Applications for relief from removal must be filed directly with the immigration court handling the case. For people who cannot afford an attorney, the immigration court can provide a list of pro bono legal service providers; related resources are listed below.

Booking legal visits, video calls, and legal calls

(checked October 16, 2026)

• ICE prints attorney hours as 8 a.m. – 1130 a.m.; 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.; 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
• Legal representatives may schedule VTC meetings or calls at (319) 892-6300.
• ICE says VTC or phone appointments should be made 24 hours before the desired time.
• ICE lists the same three windows for legal calls/VTC as for attorney visits: «8 a.m. – 1130 a.m.», «1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.» and «6 p.m. – 9 p.m.». ICE also prints the broader business-hours span of 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; according to ICE’s facility page, call length is unrestricted, except that it should allow other detainees equal time to call their attorneys.
• Only legal representatives, legal assistants and interpreters may attend; no family or friends.

Also on ICE’s page (checked October 19, 2026):

• G-28s can be submitted through ERO eFile. Facility staff do not have access to it, so ICE says legal representatives should download copies of the submitted G-28 for any in-person or remote legal visit.
• Case information: requests go to StPaul.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov; ICE says this mailbox does not accept applications for Stay of Removal or Case Appeals.
• Identifying a client’s Deportation Officer: the Cedar Rapids Office at (319) 221-1550; a G-28 must be on file for any information to be disclosed.
• Legal correspondence by email: ICE’s page says that when timely communication through the mail is not possible, the facility administrator may, at their discretion, allow a reasonable amount of electronic written communication. a legal representative who is not local to the Cedar Rapids area can send legal correspondence to shjdo-dl@linncountyiowa.gov; a local representative is required to deliver it in person. ICE says the subject line should make clear it is legal correspondence, and the cover sheet should give the detainee’s full name, A-number, the sender’s return fax number, the total number of pages and the notation “Legal Mail”. The documents are inspected for contraband but not read. Requests are processed Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., excluding holidays.
• No recording: legal representatives and their staff are not permitted to video or audio record during any virtual or in-person visit or call; ICE says a violation may result in suspension or permanent revocation of VAV user privileges.

Feedback, complaints, and oversight

Concerns about conditions at this facility or the conduct of an ICE or contract employee can be reported to the ERO St. Paul Field Office that oversees this facility, or filed as a complaint with the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL). On its own Make a Civil Rights Complaint page DHS publishes one channel — the online portal at engage.dhs.gov/crcl-complaint; CBP additionally publishes, for the same office, the e-mail address CRCL@dhs.gov, fax (202) 401-4708, and the postal address DHS/CRCL, Compliance Branch, 2707 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Mail Stop #0190, Washington, DC 20528-0190. The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) hotline is 1-800-323-8603.

ICE inspection record

(checked October 16, 2026)

• The ICE report is identified as Inspection 2026-006-068 and dated June 2, 2026.
• The report organizes its findings under the Federal Performance Based Detention Standards (May 2025) (ODO report).

ODO conducted a special review on September 26-28, 2023. In that review:

• ODO reported that a qualified departmental staff member did not conduct weekly fire and safety inspections.
• ODO found five out of five garbage/refuse containers uncovered during food service operations.
• ODO found no medical staff training in procedures for examining and treating victims of sexual abuse.

Related procedural resources

• Know Your Rights — what to do if ICE detains you
• EOIR immigration court schedules and procedures
• BIA-recognized legal-aid organizations in Iowa
• Other ICE detention facilities in Iowa
• All facilities under the St. Paul Field Office