Lookup Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility Offenders

Mount Pleasant Offender Overview

The Iowa DOC Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility page identifies MPCF as a minimum-security state prison at 1200 E Washington St., Mount Pleasant, IA 52641, in Henry County. The facility phone is (319) 385-9511. The listed warden is Kristen O'Hare. DOC states the prison opened in 1976, covers 152 acres, and has an approximate capacity of 1,000. It is not located in Jefferson County, but it is close enough to Fairfield to be an important family-search destination after a state prison commitment.

Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility should not be described as a Jefferson County jail. A person arrested in Jefferson County remains a county jail search while in local custody. After sentencing, commitment, transfer, probation, parole, or work release status, the Iowa DOC search path becomes the better source. MPCF was reclassified in 2016 as a minimum-secured facility with a reentry focus, which means the page should emphasize state prison custody and programs rather than booking or pretrial detention.

Mount Pleasant Inmate Search

Use Iowa DOC Offender Search to look up a person at Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility. The DOC locator covers prison, probation, parole, and work release. It is not a county booking roster. The search fields documented in the research include first, middle, and last name, offender number, sex, location, offense, and county of commitment. The location dropdown includes Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility, and the county-of-commitment field can help connect a state prisoner back to Jefferson County.

DOC records can show a different set of fields than a county jail record. A DOC detail may include offender number, sex, age, current location, offense, commitment date, release or discharge dates, recall date, and parole board decision information. A county jail record, by contrast, is more closely tied to arrest booking, current housing, visitation, and local release. When a person has just been sentenced and transported, the DOC admission research says facility assignment generally appears online within 24 hours after the move is complete.

1. Open the Iowa DOC offender locator and search by name or offender number.
2. Use the location field to narrow results to Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility when needed.
3. Use county of commitment if the person was sentenced from Jefferson County.
4. Confirm the status and current location before mailing, sending money, or scheduling a visit.

Mount Pleasant Facility Image

The image source for this page is the official Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility page captured in the manifest.

The screenshot is tied to the state-prison facility record. It should not be treated as evidence of a Jefferson County jail roster or city booking list.

Mount Pleasant Contact

Use the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility contact information for DOC facility questions, visiting schedules, manual scheduling eligibility, and state-prison routing. For a new Jefferson County arrest, call the county jail first. For a sentenced prisoner who may be at MPCF, use the DOC locator before mailing funds or planning a visit. Prison placement can change, and DOC assignment updates may lag while transport is in progress.

Mount Pleasant Visits

Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility uses Iowa DOC visiting approval and Ameelio scheduling. Visitors must be approved before in-person or video visits. All adult visitors submit their own application, and minors must be listed on an application completed by a parent or legal guardian. DOC states electronic applications are not accepted. Applications are printed, signed, and mailed to Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility, Attn: Central Records, 1200 E. Washington St., Mount Pleasant, IA 52641.

Facility-specific hours differ by unit and visit type. Main building in-person visits are Saturday and Sunday from 8 am to 7 pm. Minimum live out in-person visits are Saturday and Sunday from 8 am to 2 pm. Main building video visits are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1 pm to 7:30 pm. Minimum live out video visits are Saturday and Sunday from 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Visits are limited to two visitors per visit, and eligible manual scheduling may be handled at (319) 385-9511 from 7 am to 2 pm Monday through Friday.

Mount Pleasant Mail Money

Non-legal mail for Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility goes through the Iowa DOC central mail process, not directly to the prison. The DOC mail format uses the incarcerated individual's name and offender ID number, the facility name and facility code, and the central Pigeonly address. Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility's DOC mail code is 1113. Non-legal mail sent directly to an IDOC facility can be returned to sender under the DOC mail process described in the research.

Money for Iowa DOC offender spending and commissary accounts is also centralized. Mailed deposits go to IDOC Offender Fiduciary Account at Fort Dodge Correctional Facility. DOC electronic deposit options include Access Corrections, CorrLinks, CashPayToday, ACE Cash Express, JPay, MoneyGram, and Western Union. Some paths have fixed fees, while others vary by amount or payment method. These are DOC prison money methods, not Jefferson County jail lobby kiosk rules.

Mount Pleasant Reentry Programs

MPCF's DOC profile is unusually program-specific. The prison was established in 1976 as a temporary unit to hold 144 offenders and was reclassified in 2016 as a minimum-secured facility focused on preparing offenders for reentry. Grounds are maintained by minimum-out offenders under maintenance staff supervision. The DOC page says gardens produce close to 100,000 pounds of food for the offender population and create about $53,000 in food-cost savings.

Program details also include Cognitive/Batters Education and Substance Abuse programming. Iowa Prison Industries employs an average of 33 offenders for 8 to 10 hours per day building dorm furniture for three Iowa universities. Southeastern Community College programming includes HiSET, life skills, a literacy certificate, special education, and vocational education. Offenders also work with local law enforcement by mowing lawns and waxing floors, build Habitat for Humanity houses, join roadside cleanup crews, and wash or wax cars with proceeds going to the Hospice Program.

Jefferson County to Mount Pleasant

Jefferson County has no state prison inside the county. Mount Pleasant matters because it is a nearby Henry County DOC facility and a likely search target when families cannot find a sentenced person in the Jefferson County jail. The county jail phone is still the best source for fresh arrests and pretrial custody. Iowa DOC Offender Search is the state-prison tool after sentencing or transfer. The Iowa Medical and Classification Center page explains the reception and classification point that many new male commitments may pass through first.