Wright County Jail Overview
Wright County Jail is operated by the Wright County Sheriff's Office in Clarion. The jail holds people arrested in Wright County, pretrial detainees, short county sentences, and local holds. Official research did not locate any separate Wright County work-release center, city jail, regional jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center inside the county.
The sheriff office and jail pages describe the facility as the public point for inmate questions, jail services, visitation, mail, and inmate phone information. The county does not publish housing-unit names, medical-unit detail, classification levels, accreditation status, or a jail-building history in the official pages reviewed. For public access, the central fact is simpler: Wright County Jail is the county facility, and current inmate questions go to the jail line.
Wright County Jail Population
Wright County official jail pages did not publish a current daily population or an official capacity figure. The best county-specific source found for historical population data is Vera's Incarceration Trends county dataset. It lists Wright County with a 28-bed jail rated capacity in recent available rows where capacity is present. The 2019 Wright County row lists a total jail population of 12, split into 6 pretrial custody and 6 sentenced custody, with 125 total jail admissions.
Those numbers are historical county-level measures, not a live count of people in custody today. For a current Wright County Jail inmate lookup, call the jail. For a sentenced Iowa prisoner after transfer, use the statewide DOC locator.
Look Up Wright County Jail Custody
The correct lookup path for this facility is not an online roster. The official Wright County inmate page tells the public to call the jail for current inmates. The jail line is the practical first step for current custody, visitation eligibility, phone access, and local status questions.
- Confirm that the question is about local Wright County Jail custody, not a state prison, federal, ICE, or court-only record.
- Call Wright County Jail at (515) 602-6152 with the person's full name and any known date of arrest.
- Ask whether the person is currently held, whether visits or mail are allowed, and what rules apply before traveling.
- Search Iowa Courts Online for filed criminal charges after the case reaches court.
- Use Iowa DOC offender search, BOP, or ICE only when the custody type has moved outside the county jail.
The jail information screenshot comes from the official Wright County jail information page.
That page is the county's strongest public source for visitation, mail, entry, fingerprinting, and inmate phone details.
Wright County Jail Contact
The sheriff contact page lists the sheriff office address, sheriff phone, fax, and jail phone. It also identifies civil office hours and staff contacts. Jail administrator Sheila Cordero and assistant jail administrator Kristyn Hennigar are listed in county staff records with the jail phone.
Wright County Jail
719 2nd Street SW
Clarion, IA 50525
(515) 602-6152
Current inmate questions, jail services, visits, mail, and phone rules.
Wright County Sheriff's Office
719 Second Street SW, PO Box 348
Clarion, IA 50525
(515) 532-3722
Civil office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The county contact block is shown in the manifest screenshot from the Wright County sheriff contact page.
The sheriff contact page is also useful when a question belongs to records, civil process, or the sheriff office rather than a jail housing decision.
Visit Wright County Jail
Wright County publishes specific visitation windows. Visitors and anyone using a jail service must use the west entrance and bring a valid government-issued driver's license or ID card. The county did not publish visitor parking rules, ADA entrance detail, visit length, holiday rules, or video visit information in the official jail pages reviewed.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. | In-person, as published by county |
| Thursday | 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | In-person, as published by county |
| Saturday | 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | In-person, as published by county |
| Sunday | 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. | In-person, as published by county |
Note: Call Wright County Jail before traveling because custody status and visit access can change quickly.
Mail and Phone at Wright County Jail
Mail must use the inmate's name and the jail's post office box address. Wright County does not accept packages, food, obscene or pornographic materials, or periodicals unless the periodical comes directly from the publisher. Inmates cannot receive incoming calls, but outgoing calls are allowed daily through the inmate phone system. The county links Reliance Telephone for inmate phone service questions.
| Service | Provider or Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Inmate's Name, Wright County Jail, Post Office Box 348, Clarion, Iowa 50525. |
| Phone | No incoming calls; outgoing calls are allowed daily through the inmate phone system. |
| Phone Provider | Reliance Telephone, linked by the county jail page. |
| Money Deposit | No official deposit vendor or fee table was published in the county pages reviewed. |
Booking at Wright County Jail
The county does not publish a detailed booking manual. A practical Wright County Jail booking process begins with arrest or transport by a deputy, city police officer, or another agency. Jail staff then verify identity, paperwork, warrants or holds, property, and placement. Booking records may include intake data, fingerprints, photos, and arrest or booking audio and video where such media exists.
Records not available by phone should be requested through the Wright County sheriff records page. Completed public-records forms may be sent to civil@wrightco.iowa.gov or mailed to the sheriff's office, Attention: Record's Request, PO Box 348, Clarion, IA 50525. Iowa Code Chapter 22 supplies the statewide open-records baseline, while exceptions and redactions can still apply.
About Wright County Jail
The Wright County Sheriff's Office serves as the county's principal law-enforcement office for unincorporated areas and also contracts law enforcement to Rowan and Dows. The sheriff page describes duties that include investigation, traffic enforcement, civil process, protective orders, sheriff sales, and other public-safety work. The jail is one part of that larger sheriff operation.
Wright County's jail services page also notes that fingerprinting is provided on a 24-hour basis with no fee and that sheriff probation requires phone contact with the jail. Those services are not the same as an inmate roster, but they show why people may need to access the jail building. Anyone going to the jail should use the west entrance and bring valid government-issued ID.
For records work, the sheriff's public pages route requests through the civil office rather than a separate jail records counter. Public-records forms may be emailed to civil@wrightco.iowa.gov or mailed to the sheriff's office at the post office box in Clarion. Accident-report requests, arrest or booking recording requests, and general public-records requests each depend on the type of record sought. Fees and availability should be confirmed with the sheriff because county pages reviewed list conflicting accident-report minimums.