Clarinda sits in the far southwest corner of Iowa, which makes confirming a location before you drive worth more here than at most prisons. Start with a name below and we will find them.
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Clarinda has no roster of its own. Iowa runs one offender search covering all nine prisons and you narrow it to this one through the Location dropdown. The record that comes back is more detailed than most states publish, carrying age, offense, both discharge dates and the latest parole board decision. Geography is what makes getting this right matter more here: Clarinda is in Page County, near the Missouri border, so a wasted trip is a long one.
Open Iowa’s statewide offender search and set Location to Clarinda Correctional Facility. A name lookup on Pigeonly gives you a second check, worth having while Clarinda holds 1,058 people against a capacity of 750.
If you are not certain which prison holds them, leave Location on All. That returns where they actually are, which is more useful than confirming a guess, and Iowa moves people between prisons often.
Starts With is the default and handles a partial name.
Matches requires the name exactly as recorded.
Sounds Like matches names that are pronounced the same and spelled differently. Reach for it whenever the spelling reached you second hand.
Add sex or County of Commitment to cut down a common surname. County of Commitment means where the case originated, not where the person is now.
Iowa attaches its own caution to a parole interview date: contact Board of Parole staff to confirm it rather than relying on the page.
Iowa publishes both and reconciles neither.
Clarinda’s own facility page describes capacity as approximately 1,000.
Iowa’s Daily Statistics page, on September 9, 2026, gave Clarinda a count of 1,058 against a capacity of 750, with 46 people in medical or segregation status.
So the prison describes itself as holding about a thousand while the department’s daily figures put its working capacity at 750 and its actual population above both. Both numbers come from the Iowa Department of Corrections.
The reason this belongs on a search page rather than a trivia list: a prison running 40 percent above its working capacity moves people, and a location you looked up last week may not hold this week.
A record with the right name and nothing in the location, offense or date fields almost always means they have been released.
Iowa keeps released people in the database and empties those fields rather than deleting the record. It is the answer, not a fault, though it is worth a call if a release would surprise you.
The search disclaimer states that information is updated on a weekly basis and may change quickly. A separate Iowa DOC page tells families a transfer appears within 24 hours of the move.
Both are official and neither acknowledges the other.
At Clarinda this matters more than at most Iowa prisons. The facility is in the state’s far southwest corner, a long drive from Des Moines, Cedar Rapids or anywhere in eastern Iowa. Ring 712-695-7140 and confirm before setting off, and while you are on the line, that same number is where you can arrange a visit if the app is not an option.
They are in county custody. Anyone awaiting trial or sentencing is held by a county, whose roster this search does not reach.
The spelling differs. Switch to Sounds Like, or search the surname alone.
They were released. See the blank record above.
They were transferred. Set Location to All and try again.
They are in federal custody. There are no federal prisons anywhere in Iowa, so the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) runs an entirely separate locator.
The offender number and the exact legal name spelling are what everything else at Clarinda runs on.
The mail routing line needs both. A money order posted to Fort Dodge without the offender name and number, plus your own name and full address, is returned to sender. The visitor application asks for them on the first line.
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Use Iowa's statewide offender search at doc-search.iowa.gov and set the Location dropdown to Clarinda Correctional Facility. There is no separate Clarinda roster. If you are unsure which prison holds them, leave Location on All and the result tells you where they are.
Inmate SearchBecause Iowa publishes both and explains neither. Clarinda's facility page describes capacity as approximately 1,000, while the Daily Statistics page on September 9, 2026 gave a working capacity of 750 with 1,058 people held. Both are official Iowa Department of Corrections numbers, roughly 250 apart.
Inmate SearchAlmost certainly a release. Iowa keeps released people in the database and empties the location, offense and date fields rather than removing the record. It looks like a broken search and it is actually your answer, though confirm by phone if a release would be a surprise.
Inmate SearchUse the Sounds Like name mode, which finds names pronounced the same but spelled differently. Iowa also offers Starts With, the default, which handles a partial name, and Matches for an exact one. Filtering by sex or County of Commitment narrows a common surname further.
Inmate SearchYes, and more so here than at most Iowa prisons. Clarinda is in Page County in the far southwest corner of the state. Iowa's search disclaimer says data is updated weekly while another Iowa DOC page says transfers appear within 24 hours, and the two conflict. Ring 712-695-7140 first, which is also the number for arranging a visit by phone.
Inmate SearchTentative Discharge Date and Supervision Discharge Date. Iowa expands both abbreviations on the record itself. Treat a tentative date as tentative, since it shifts with earned credits, parole board decisions and disciplinary findings.
Inmate SearchAn arrest does not put someone into Iowa Department of Corrections custody. People awaiting trial or sentencing are held in county jails, each of which runs its own roster. This search covers the nine state prisons and community supervision only.
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