If a man has just been sentenced in Iowa, this is almost certainly where he is. The Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville, which the state's own records often call Oakdale, receives and classifies every male commitment in Iowa, an estimated 400 to 500 a month, before sending them on to one of the other eight prisons. It also runs a medium-security general population unit and the only licensed forensic psychiatric hospital in the state. That mixture is why reception status changes several rules here, and why the answer to most questions at IMCC starts with how long they are staying.
City
Coralville
County
Johnson County
State
IA
Facility Type
state prison
Gender
Male
Capacity
Approx. 950
Custody Levels
Medium, plus reception and a forensic psychiatric hospital
Operator
Iowa Department of Corrections
Address
2700 Coral Ridge Ave., Coralville, IA 52241
Phone
319-626-2391
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View ArticleIowa's statewide search narrows to IMCC through the Location dropdown, with Starts With, Matches and Sounds Like name modes. A result here means something different from a result anywhere else in Iowa: it is usually a starting point rather than a destination, because most men leave within 60 days for another prison.
See the full breakdownIn person Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in two-hour visits, video Thursday and Friday on the same hours in full one-hour sessions, both free and booked in Ameelio Connect. The complication is reception status: an application filed before somebody leaves reception is held in pending and not investigated, so approval can arrive after they have already transferred.
See the full breakdownIowa banks all offender money at Fort Dodge, which works in your favour here: one account follows the person through reception and on to whichever prison they land in. Money orders go to the IDOC Offender Fiduciary Account carrying four required details, and Access Corrections, JPay and Western Union handle electronic deposits.
See the full breakdownSeven cents a minute to the lower 48. Calls come out only, and your number has to be added to an approved list from inside, which is the step families waiting for a first call are usually stuck behind. Toll-free, forwarded and three-way numbers never connect. Iowa names no phone vendor and publishes no call length.
See the full breakdownPersonal mail goes to PO Box 96777 in Las Vegas under the routing line Iowa Medical and Classification Center - 1108, where Pigeonly Corrections opens and scans it. IMCC carries Iowa's only facility-specific book restriction: people in reception status do not qualify to receive books at all.
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Because almost nobody is sent straight to their long-term prison. IMCC is the reception and classification centre for every man entering Iowa's system, and the department estimates 400 to 500 new commitments arrive each month before being processed on to other facilities. Iowa describes a male stay here as usually short, 60 days or fewer.
GeneralIf your person is still in reception status, nothing is happening yet, and that is by design. Iowa's visiting policy states that applications filed while somebody is in reception are placed in pending status and are not investigated until they move out of reception. Apply straight away regardless, so the clock starts the moment they transfer.
VisitationIn person on Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, in two-hour visits. Video runs Thursday and Friday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, in one-hour sessions. IMCC is the only Iowa prison offering Thursday video and the only one giving a full hour rather than fifty minutes. All of it is free and booked in the Ameelio Connect app.
VisitationNot while they are in reception. IMCC carries the only facility-specific carve-out in Iowa's book rules: incarcerated individuals in reception status do not qualify. Once they move to a general population unit here or transfer to another prison, the statewide rules apply again.
MailBoth, and neither description alone is right. It is the male reception and classification centre for the whole state, it runs a medium-security general population unit, and it operates the only licensed forensic psychiatric hospital in Iowa, which admits non-adjudicated patients including people transferred from county and city jails for evaluation. Iowa Code section 904.201 is written specifically about this facility.
GeneralTo the person's name and offender number, then the line Iowa Medical and Classification Center - 1108, then PO Box 96777, Las Vegas, NV 89193. Iowa states that non-legal mail sent directly to a prison is returned to sender. Given how quickly people move on from IMCC, confirm they are still here before posting anything.
MailBecause that is the community it sits in, and IMCC is the only Iowa prison whose page publishes a Community field. Iowa's own Daily Statistics page lists it as Oakdale rather than IMCC, and Iowa Code refers to the Iowa medical and classification center at Oakdale. If you see Oakdale in an official document, it means this facility.
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