Iowa DOC 4th District Residential Treatment Center Overview
The Iowa DOC 4th District Residential Treatment Center is listed by the Iowa Department of Corrections, 4th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services, at 1102 9th Ave. in Council Bluffs. The official name in the facility map is Residential Treatment Center, and the listed phone number is 712-396-2216. The facility type is community-based corrections / residential treatment. It is not a county jail, not a state prison, and not a public booking roster facility.
The research describes the population served as adult correctional clients assigned to residential treatment through the 4th Judicial District. That framing is more specific than calling the location a jail. People may arrive because of DOC, district supervision, court, probation, parole, treatment, or residential placement decisions. New arrests in Pottawattamie County go to Pottawattamie County Jail when held locally; ordinary arrestees are not booked directly into this treatment center.
The Iowa DOC 4th Judicial District page is the official source for the Residential Treatment Center's Council Bluffs listing.
The same district page also lists the nearby residential correctional facility, which is why callers should use the exact address and phone number for the treatment center.
Residential Treatment Capacity and Population
The reviewed official sources did not locate a public capacity figure, public resident count, treatment-program census, housing breakdown, average daily population, or published demographic table for the Residential Treatment Center. The facility map therefore marks capacity as not located in official sources. Do not borrow the Pottawattamie County Jail's 288-bed figure, because that number belongs to the sheriff's Big Lake Road jail. Do not borrow a state prison number either, because the treatment center is not one of Iowa DOC's listed state correctional institutions.
| Measure | Published Figure | Use in Lookup |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity | Not located in official sources | Call the treatment center for current program questions. |
| Current resident count | Not located in official sources | Do not use the county jail roster as a resident census. |
| Facility type | Community-based corrections / residential treatment | Use DOC and district placement context. |
| County jail status | Not a county jail | New bookings go through the sheriff-operated jail. |
Iowa DOC lists nine state correctional institutions in the research, and none is physically in Pottawattamie County. The Council Bluffs Residential Treatment Center belongs to the district community-corrections map. That distinction keeps lookup instructions accurate and prevents a false conclusion when a person does not appear on the county jail roster.
How to Look Up a Person at the Residential Treatment Center
Iowa DOC offender search is the public lookup path when someone may be under DOC custody, supervision, district placement, residential treatment, parole, probation, compact status, or other DOC-supervised correctional status. The Pottawattamie County jail roster is not the lookup source for this Residential Treatment Center unless the person has also been booked into Pottawattamie County Jail on a new arrest, warrant, or hold.
- Open Iowa DOC offender search at doc-search.iowa.gov/Offender/Search.
- Search by name or offender number if known.
- Use filters such as sex, location, offense, county of commitment, and name search type when a common name produces many results.
- Read the DOC profile for location, supervision, offense, county of commitment, tentative discharge date, supervision discharge date, commitment date, board decision fields, and charges table fields when displayed.
- Call the Residential Treatment Center at 712-396-2216 for facility-specific questions about placement, program rules, visits, mail, or local contact procedures.
- If a person was just arrested in Pottawattamie County, check the county jail roster and jail booking phone instead.
- Use VINELink when notification of custody or case events is needed.
The Iowa DOC offender locator is the matching official source for DOC search fields and public offender profiles.
DOC records differ from jail booking records because they usually reflect sentenced, supervised, parole, probation, community-corrections, or district placement information rather than immediate arrest intake.
Iowa DOC 4th District Residential Treatment Center Address and Contact
Use the treatment center phone for local questions because the official district listing does not publish a detailed public visitor calendar, local mail format, money procedure, or full resident handbook in the research file. The address is close to the Residential Correctional Facility address, so use the exact street number when sending correspondence or arranging approved travel.
Iowa DOC 4th District Residential Treatment Center
1102 9th Ave.
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
712-396-2216
Operator: Iowa Department of Corrections, 4th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services
When the goal is basic custody location, first decide which agency likely controls the record. Pottawattamie County Jail handles recent bookings and county custody. Iowa DOC handles sentenced prison, supervision, and district placement records. Iowa Courts Online handles filed court cases. BOP handles federal sentenced custody, while ICE ODLS handles immigration custody searches.
Visiting Someone at the Residential Treatment Center
No fixed public visitation schedule for this specific Residential Treatment Center was located in the official sources reviewed. General Iowa DOC family-services guidance covers approval and scheduling processes for DOC visits and identifies Ameelio in DOC visitation context, but a community-based residential treatment center may have local program rules, treatment schedules, resident restrictions, and approval requirements. County jail visitation rules do not apply here by default.
| Visit Category | Located Schedule | Confirmation Needed |
|---|---|---|
| Family or personal visit | No fixed schedule located | Call 712-396-2216 before travel or scheduling. |
| DOC approval or scheduling | Use DOC family-services guidance where applicable | Confirm local program rules with facility staff. |
| Professional contact | No public local schedule located | Coordinate directly with the treatment center. |
| Holiday or program change | Not published in reviewed source | Verify current status before leaving for the facility. |
Iowa DOC's family-services visitation page is the statewide source captured for DOC approval and scheduling context.
Use the statewide page as background only; the treatment center's local instructions control actual visit eligibility and timing.
Mail, Phone, and Money at the Residential Treatment Center
Iowa DOC family-services material provides statewide context for mail, o-mail, telephone, and money services. The research notes central mail processing for incoming non-legal DOC mail, CorrLinks o-mail, no incoming calls, approved-number rules, a lower-48 phone rate listed at $0.07, and money vendors including Access Corrections, JPay, and Western Union/Send2Corrections. The reviewed official sources did not locate a Residential Treatment Center-specific mail format, phone vendor, deposit fee table, commissary rule, or account limit.
| Service | Research-Supported DOC Context | Local Treatment Center Caution |
|---|---|---|
| DOC central mail processing may use incarcerated individual name, offender ID, facility name, facility ID, and PO Box 96777, Las Vegas, NV 89193. | Call first to confirm whether this format applies to the treatment center. | |
| O-mail | CorrLinks and DOC-listed $0.25 o-mail with character or line limits. | Confirm eligibility and program restrictions. |
| Phone | DOC material says no incoming calls and approved calling lists. | Do not assume treatment-center residents have the same access as prison inmates. |
| Money | DOC vendors include Access Corrections, JPay, and Western Union/Send2Corrections. | Ask whether money can be sent and which channel the facility permits. |
Do not use the Pottawattamie County Jail money rules for this treatment center. Stellar Services, jail lobby kiosk deposits, CIDNET video visitation, and cash-only bond were researched for the sheriff's jail. The Residential Treatment Center belongs to the DOC 4th District system, so local DOC rules and facility staff instructions control.
Intake and Treatment Placement
Residential treatment placement is not the same event as jail booking. Jail booking follows arrest and includes identity intake, property inventory, booking photo, fingerprints when required, medical and mental-health screening, classification, bond or hold review, and possible housing at Pottawattamie County Jail. Treatment-center placement occurs through the correctional and court-supervision system, where adult correctional clients are assigned to residential treatment by the 4th Judicial District or related DOC/court channels.
The research does not publish a detailed RTC intake manual, treatment phase chart, program length, resident handbook, or daily schedule. Avoid filling those gaps with generic treatment-center assumptions. Direct facility questions to 712-396-2216. For public record lookup, use Iowa DOC offender search and Iowa Courts Online as appropriate. For new custody after arrest, use the county jail booking line and roster because a treatment placement does not replace a jail booking record.
Where the Treatment Center Fits in Local Record Searches
Pottawattamie County has several overlapping record channels in Council Bluffs. The county jail is on Big Lake Road and handles arrests, bond, jail records, jail visitation, mail, and inmate accounts. Iowa DOC 4th District lists both the Residential Correctional Facility and the Residential Treatment Center on 9th Ave. Iowa Courts Online shows filed criminal cases and court events. VINELink offers notification for custody or case changes. ICE and BOP are separate federal systems.
A missing county roster entry does not answer a DOC treatment-placement question. A missing DOC search entry does not always answer a same-day arrest question, especially because DOC warns that records are updated weekly and can change quickly. The clean approach is to match the tool to the status: jail roster for current jail custody, DOC search for DOC records or community-corrections placement, courts for filed case records, and facility phone contact for local instructions.
About the 4th District Treatment Facility Context
Iowa DOC's 4th Judicial District page is the local source that places this treatment center in Council Bluffs. The research also notes district headquarters at 801 S. 10th St. and two Council Bluffs residential facilities: the Residential Correctional Facility at 900 9th Ave. and the Residential Treatment Center at 1102 9th Ave. That cluster explains why a person with a Pottawattamie County case can be in a local correctional program without being in the Pottawattamie County Jail.
Public information is thinner for this treatment center than for the county jail. No official public capacity, resident count, fixed visitor schedule, mail format, fee table, or detailed program manual was located in the research. The safest public wording is therefore direct and limited: DOC 4th District residential treatment, adult correctional clients, Council Bluffs address, direct phone number, DOC lookup where public data exists, and direct confirmation for local rules.
Note: Confirm placement, treatment-center rules, visits, mail, and payment options with the facility or Iowa DOC before taking action.