Woodbury County Jail

Please call (712) 279-6040 to schedule visits with a detainee. Persons under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. - Visitors will have a government issued photo identification with them. - Each detainee will receive two (2) 20-minute or (1) 40-minute slots of visitation time per week.

Legal representatives are authorized to visit their clients during the following hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week But preferably between 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. G-28s filed on behalf of detained aliens at this facility can now be accepted through the online platform ERO eFile.

An attorney needs a signed G-28 on file to be recognised. See finding and helping a detained person.

Letters sent to detainees must include the last four digits of the detainee's A-number, plus the sender's name and address. A mail pick-up and delivery schedule is posted in all housing units. Indigent detainees (those who have no means of financial support and no funds in their facility account) will be provided postage allowance at government expense. Restricted items include packages, obscene or pornographic materials, personal checks, cashier's check, postage stamps or stamped envelopes, any type of food, or periodicals not directly sent from the publisher.