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Butler County Jail Role

Franklin County Jail Division lists Butler County Jail in Allison as one of the surrounding county jails used for Franklin County inmates. That is the starting point for Butler's role on a Franklin County inmate search. A Franklin arrest or court-ordered jail-time case may be routed to Butler by arrangement, but the person is not in a Franklin-operated jail. The public should confirm the holding jail through Franklin County before using Butler visitation, commissary, or custody contacts.

Butler County Sheriff's Office operates the jail. Its official page says Sheriff Jason Johnson leads the office and that the jail's main purpose is to protect the public while making sure arrested persons are available for later court appearances. The same source says the jail also punishes people convicted of misdemeanors who may be sentenced to county jail for up to one year. Butler specifically states that it has held prisoners for Franklin County, which makes the facility a real part of the Franklin custody chain.

The official Butler County Sheriff page is the best matched screenshot source in the image manifest for this facility. It documents the jail's history, capacity, visitation, and Franklin prisoner note.

The screenshot supports the Butler-specific details used here, but current custody should still be verified by phone because the research did not locate a public Butler jail roster.

Butler County Jail Capacity

Butler County Jail is much smaller than Hardin County Correctional Center. The official sheriff page lists a capacity of 12 inmates and a five-cell layout. That includes three single cells, one three-person cell, and one six-person cell. The same page says the facility can hold males, females, and juveniles waived into adult court. A waived juvenile is a youth whose case has been moved into adult criminal court, so the adult jail may become the holding facility subject to court and classification limits.

Butler's 12-inmate capacity is not Franklin County's capacity. It is the Butler facility's total capacity for all people Butler may hold, including Butler arrests, Butler misdemeanor sentence prisoners, and Franklin prisoners by arrangement. Franklin County does not publish a current Franklin-only jail count online, and a Butler bed number cannot be converted into a Franklin County inmate population count.

Butler County Jail Lookup

No public Butler County Jail roster was found in the official research. That makes phone confirmation the core lookup method. Start with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office because Franklin decides or confirms which receiving jail is being used. If Franklin confirms Butler, use Butler County's jail and sheriff contacts to ask about custody status, visit rules, mail, commissary, bond logistics, and release information. IowaVINE can be used as a notification channel when the person is in a participating county jail or later in state custody.

1. Call Franklin County Sheriff's Office at 641-456-2731 to ask whether the person is being held at Butler County Jail.
2. If Butler is confirmed, call the Franklin-listed Butler jail-time number at 319-267-2410 or Butler non-emergency at 319-346-6621.
3. Ask Butler whether the inmate is still in custody, whether a visit is allowed, and which rules apply to that classification.
4. Use Iowa VINELink to register for custody notifications where the system has a matching record.
5. If a court sentence has moved the person to prison, use the Iowa DOC Offender Search instead of Butler jail contacts.

Butler County Jail Contact

Butler County's official contact block gives the sheriff and jail address at the Butler County Courthouse in Allison. Franklin County's jail division gives a separate number for Butler jail-time arrangements. Use both facts together: Franklin County should confirm whether Butler is the holding jail, while Butler County should answer facility-specific questions after that confirmation. The official page also lists fax service and emergency routing, but emergency calls should use 911 rather than jail administrative lines.

Butler County Jail Visits

Butler County publishes a simple visitation schedule by sex. Males are scheduled on Monday and Thursday afternoon. Females are scheduled on Tuesday and Friday afternoon. Franklin County prisoners housed at Butler follow Butler County Jail rules, not a Franklin County visiting schedule. Because the jail is small and classification can affect access, call before traveling to Allison. Ask whether the inmate is still housed there, whether the visit day applies, what identification is required, and whether any disciplinary, medical, juvenile, or court-status rule changes the visit.

Attorney visits, professional visits, and court-related movement may follow different rules. The official Butler research did not locate a separate attorney schedule, video visit vendor, or full visitor rule sheet, so the jail phone is the current source for those details.

Butler County Jail Commissary

Butler County publishes several jail-condition details that are useful for families. Prisoners receive jail uniforms, deodorant, toothbrushes, bedding, and three hot meals daily. The official page also says prisoners may buy commissary items twice weekly. The captured research did not locate a Butler deposit vendor, kiosk rule, online payment portal, mail format, or fee schedule. That means deposit and mail questions should be asked by phone after Franklin County confirms Butler is the holding facility.

Butler County Booking Intake

Butler County's jail purpose statement helps separate pretrial custody from sentence custody. Pretrial custody means a person has been arrested and is being held so the public is protected and the person can appear in court. Sentence custody at Butler usually means a misdemeanor sentence of up to one year. For Franklin County cases, the custody event can begin in Franklin, then the person may be lodged in Butler if that receiving jail is selected.

Because Butler can hold males, females, and juveniles waived into adult court, classification is important. Classification is the jail's safety review for where a person can be housed and what restrictions may apply. In a small jail with three single cells, one three-person cell, and one six-person cell, classification can affect separation, visiting access, and daily movement. It also explains why the public should call before relying on a fixed visit plan.

Butler County Jail History

Butler County's official jail history gives this facility a distinct local profile. A new jail was built east of the courthouse in 1928 for $14,000, with office and jail space on the first floor and basement. After the public school in Allison burned in 1929, the jail served as a temporary school for grades 3 through 6 during the rest of the 1929-1930 school year. The official page also says the jail was remodeled in 1983 and again in 1992.

That history does not change the lookup process, but it helps explain why Butler is a small, courthouse-linked jail rather than a large regional corrections campus. For Franklin County inmate records, Butler's most important modern facts are its Franklin prisoner arrangement, its 12-inmate capacity, its visit schedule, and its lack of a located public roster in the research. For a broader view of the four receiving facilities, see the Franklin County inmate population overview.