This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull official booking, jail, court, or criminal-history records. Contact the office that maintains the record for those tasks.
Benton County Record Contacts
For current Benton County Jail custody questions, start with the Benton County Sheriff's Office and jail phone route. Sheriff David Upah's office is listed at the Law Enforcement Center in Vinton, and Jail Administrator Russell "Rusty" Denison is identified in county staff material.
Benton County Sheriff's Office and Jail
113 E. 3rd Street
Vinton, IA 52349
Phone: 319-472-2337
Jail option: 2
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
For court cases after charges are filed, use the Benton County Clerk of Court. The clerk's office is the right contact for court records, hearing information, docket questions, and public courthouse access to case files.
Benton County Clerk of Court
111 East 4th Street #4
Vinton, IA 52349
Phone: 319-472-2766
The correct place to look depends on the kind of record and the custody level involved.
- For someone in Benton County Jail, use the jail inmate records page and the jail phone route.
- For booking photos, review the jail roster mugshots page and ask the sheriff's office about any public-record request.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Benton County Clerk of Court.
- For a facility-specific contact, use the Benton County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Iowa prisoner, search the Iowa Department of Corrections offender locator rather than the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.