United States · Iowa · Cedar Rapids
Old Linn County Jail
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Linn County Jail is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, operated by Linn County Sheriff as a county/local jail. It has an average daily population of about 39 (FY2026 ICE data).
Background
The Old Linn County Jail, also known as City Hall, at 312 Main Street in Mound City in Linn County, Kansas was built in 1867â68. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is two-story front-gabled building with 21 inches (0.53 m) thick brick walls on a 27 by 34 feet (8.2 m à 10.4 m) plan. The building began serving as city hall for Mound City in 1903.
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Capacity
—
Current population
39
Occupancy
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Year opened
1867
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 7 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Linn County SheriffPopulation held
mixed
Opened
1867
Region
Iowa
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Data completeness
52%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- List of immigrant detention sites in the United States — Wikipedia
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- List of immigrant detention sites in the United States — Wikipedia — Wikipedia / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Wikidata (Q30624982)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Old Linn County Jail. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/old-linn-county-jail
"Old Linn County Jail." World Prisons. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/old-linn-county-jail.
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