North Central Correctional Facility is a minimum-security prison in Rockwell City, Calhoun County, opened in 1982 and named in Iowa Code as the North central correctional facility at Rockwell City. It is the most crowded prison in the state by a distance: on September 9, 2026 the Iowa Department of Corrections counted 488 people there against a working capacity of 245. It is also the only Iowa prison offering a Tuesday video visit. What it does not publish is almost as important as what it does, because NCCF gives no visitor cap, no visit length and no way to book a visit other than the app.
City
Rockwell City
County
Calhoun County
State
IA
Facility Type
state prison
Capacity
Approx. 500
Custody Levels
Minimum
Operator
Iowa Department of Corrections
Address
313 Lanedale St., Rockwell City, IA 50579
Phone
712-297-7521
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View ArticleIowa runs one search across all nine prisons, narrowed here through the Location dropdown, with Starts With, Matches and Sounds Like name modes. Iowa's Daily Statistics page lists this prison as Rockwell City rather than North Central, which matters when comparing what one official page says with another.
See the full breakdownSaturday and Sunday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM in person, and video on Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM, all booked in the Ameelio Connect app. North Central publishes no visitor cap, no visit length and no phone booking route, so more here has to be confirmed by phone than at most Iowa prisons.
See the full breakdownDeposits go to the IDOC Offender Fiduciary Account at Fort Dodge, about 40 minutes east, carrying four required details, and Iowa accepts money nowhere else. Phone credit and restitution are administered at Iowa State Penitentiary, and Iowa deducts restitution, filing fees and savings from outside money before it lands.
See the full breakdownSeven cents a minute to the lower 48, with an international rate card few states publish. Calls come out only and connect once your number is on the approved list, arranged from inside. Toll-free, forwarded and three-way numbers never work, and 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 North Central Correctional Facility - 1112, where Pigeonly Corrections opens and scans it. Ten photos or ten enclosed pages at most, originals destroyed after scanning, and anything posted to Rockwell City returned to sender.
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Saturday and Sunday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, booked in the Ameelio Connect app. Video visits run Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM, and NCCF is the only Iowa prison offering a Tuesday video slot. Iowa charges nothing for either.
VisitationNorth Central does not publish a figure, unlike several other Iowa prisons. Iowa's statewide policy allows three adult visitors with children counted against the visiting room's seating capacity. Ring 712-297-7521 and confirm before more than three of you travel to Calhoun County.
VisitationBy Iowa's own numbers, more than any other. On September 9, 2026 its Daily Statistics page gave Rockwell City a count of 488 against a working capacity of 245, roughly double. The facility page separately describes capacity as approximately 500, and both figures come from the Iowa Department of Corrections.
GeneralNorth Central publishes no phone booking route at all, not even for attorneys, which several other Iowa prisons do. Everything goes through the Ameelio Connect app. If you cannot use the app, ring 712-297-7521 and ask what is possible rather than assuming another prison's arrangement applies here.
VisitationTo the person's name and offender number, then the line North Central Correctional Facility - 1112, then PO Box 96777, Las Vegas, NV 89193. Iowa returns to sender any non-legal mail posted to the prison itself in Rockwell City.
MailTo the IDOC Offender Fiduciary Account, 1550 L Street, Suite B, Fort Dodge, IA 50501, payable to IDOC Offender Fiduciary Account. Fort Dodge is about 40 minutes east of Rockwell City and it banks money for all nine Iowa prisons. Phone credit and restitution go to Iowa State Penitentiary instead.
Send MoneyNo. Iowa Code calls this facility the North Central Correctional Facility at Rockwell City, in Calhoun County. Newton Correctional Facility is a separate, larger prison in Jasper County, and other states run prisons with similar names. Check the address, 313 Lanedale Street, before sending anything.
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All information on this page comes directly from official government and facility sources. How we verify information › Last verified September 9, 2026. Official source: doc.iowa.gov/districts-prisons/north-central-correctional-facility ›