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Iredell County Jail

Detention Facility

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility staff is responsible for overseeing a facility capable of housing a maximum of 230 inmates, who would be awaiting trial or serving a less than 90 day sentence. The Iredell County Detention Center is rated as a Class Five facility in the State of North Carolina and houses inmates that are charged with criminal offenses from misdemeanor larceny to homicide.

Mission Statement

We will protect the communities of Iredell County by maintaining care, custody and control of the most secure Detention Facility possible through utilization of the most professional personnel available, as we strive to provide outstanding public service with integrity and reliability.

Command Staff

Detention Commander
Rick Dowdle, Chief Deputy
(704) 878-3075     Fax: (704) 878-5094
Email: rdowdle@co.iredell.nc.us

Operations Commander
Bert Connolly-Captain
Phone 704-878-3081  Fax 704-878-3074
Email: gconnolly@co.iredell.nc.us

Records/ Training Unit
Terry Beck, Captain
(704) 832-2374
Email: tbeck@co.iredell.nc.us
Hours 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Operations Supervisor
Lt. Beverly Morrison
Phone 704-878-3079 Fax 704-832-3221
Email: bmorrison@co.iredell.nc.us

 Office Deputy
Jennifer Haden
704-878-3076 (Office)
704-878-3074 (Fax)
jhaden@co.co.iredell.nc.us

 Court/Transportation Unit
Lt. Noreen Walls
(704) 878-3084, Fax: (704) 878-3173
Email: nwalls@co.iredell.nc.us

*All transport request between 8a.m. and 5p.m. are approved by Lt. Walls.
All request after hours are approved by the shift Sergeants.

Detention Center Supervisors
(704) 878-3081     Fax: (704) 878-3173

Sgt. Travis Ward
Sgt. Charles Luckey
Sgt. Dawn Golden
Sgt. Bill Wood

 (All supervisors can be contacted at (704) 878-3080)

Support Units

Bailiff Team

The Bailiff Team consist of sworn deputies that are assigned to work the various courtrooms which consist of Superior court, District court, Support court, Juvenile court, and Administrative court within the court system governing the cities and towns located within the geographical area of Iredell County, North Carolina.

The main Court House for Iredell County is located in Statesville, North Carolina. In addition the bailiff team covers courtrooms located in Mooresville, North Carolina, which is also part of the Iredell County Court System.

Prisoner Transport

The Prisoner Transport Team is responsible for all prisoner transportation to and from the Iredell County Detention Center to various other detention and correctional facilities throughout North Carolina.

Operational Teams

The four Operational Teams of detention facility work rotating shifts within the facility and are directly responsible for the day to day operation of maintaining the safety and security of the facility and the direct supervision of inmates housed within the facility.

In addition a Sergeant and Corporal are assigned to the team. The Corporal provides that each team has a back up supervisor in the event the Sergeant is unavailable or is involved with other duties, such as special operations.

Each team within the detention facility consists of both male and female officers that hold sworn deputy or a non-sworn detention officer classification.

All sworn and non-sworn officers assigned to the detention facility must complete a five-week Detention Officer Certification Course within the first year of employment. This is a mandatory requirement under Sheriff’s Training and Standards in Raleigh, North Carolina for any officer working within the confines of a detention facility.

Support Team

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility Support Team consists of sworn, non-sworn detention officers as well as civilian personnel.

The Support Team is responsible for administrative secretary/receptionist duties; quality control procedures for officers, as well as a detention officer field training program. The records section handles all legal records dealing with the operation of the facility at the local and state levels, as well as court documents. Other duties include general everyday cleaning and daily maintenance of the detention center; managing the detention center commissary which includes inmate fund accounts along with the inmate library and providing other vital inmate services.

Inmate Road Crews

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Detention facility also provides a service to the citizens of Iredell County which include the cleaning of trash and debris from the roadsides by utilizing inmate labor in the form of “Inmate road crews” that are supervised by sworn detention personnel that are assigned to the road crews.

The "Inmate Road Crew” works everyday, weather permitting picking up trash and debris along the roadsides of Iredell County. The "Inmate Road Crew” is also utilized to provide labor for other projects throughout county government such as assisting probation and parole, parks and recreation and other community service groups and agencies.

Special Operations Section

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility Special Operations Section, consist of the Jail Extraction Team, K-9 Team and Transport Team. These special operations teams are comprised of deputies and detention officers that have received specialized training in the areas of emergency response to inmate riot & inmate barricade situations within the facility, the use of canines within a detention facility and the transportation of Mental Commitment patients from local area hospitals to local mental health facilities throughout the state.

Jail Extraction Team

When things go bad inside the walls,
the men and women in black armor are the ones to call.

The Jail Extraction Team is a highly trained group of Detention Officers, specifically developed and equipped to deal with the tactical operations inside the Jail. Detention Officers on J.E.T.  are tasked with the responsibility of controlling and containing Hostile emergencies within the Jail.

J.E.T. responds to incidents in all locations within the Iredell County Detention Facilities. Their duties include incident's involving violent or uncooperative inmates who refuse to comply with the direction from the floor officers or comply with jail rules within the facility. The purpose of the team is to handle such incidents using the minimum amount of force necessary to resolve the situation while maintaining the order and control required within the Detention facility.

Iredell County Sheriff's Office, maintains 12 (trained and certified) J.E.T. Team members. These team members will perform the duties of the team as required by Shift Supervisors within the scope of the teams training. Each team member is required to maintain their training as scheduled by the team Coordinators and trainers.

The Iredell County Sheriff's Office, Jail Extraction Team, was 1st formed and brought to the department in 1998. In order to meet the over increasing demands placed on modern Detention facilities, a new style of Team and training was needed, therefore the Jail Extraction Team was developed and formed.

J.E.T. is specifically equipped with protective equipment, entry gear and tactics, to deal with the highest level of resistance that may be encountered within the facility. The protective equipment is designed to protect the officers in hostile confrontations. Head, face, chest, back, shoulder, upper and lower arm, elbow, knee, shin, groin and foot protection are worn by all officers on the entry team, along with the use of high impact protective shield, the Team is geared up to make entry, restrain and control combative and resistive inmates. 

The team is trained to perform tactical containment and control of hostile situations in many different environments. Vehicles, confined spaces, large rooms, full light, no light, multiple inmates and or group disturbances. The teams train and prepare for any and all situations that may arise inside the facility.

Combined with expertise in team movement and close-quarters restraint of combative inmates, Iredell County J.E.T. is setting the standard in Iredell County for Emergency Response Team training and responses.

Honor Guard

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility Honor Guard consist of deputies and detention officers that dedicate themselves to provide a service that represents the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office at special events or services that requires the presentation of the United States Flag and North Carolina Flag. The special events range from D.A.R.E. graduations for area schools, presentation of the flags at formal gatherings such as the annual North Carolina Jail Administrator’s Association, or any formal request from a member of the Sheriff’s Office or Sheriff’s designee.

The Honor Guard also provides a service at funerals involving members of the Sheriff’s Office, immediate family member of officers or civilian staff or honored representatives or dignitaries in Iredell County.

Medical Department

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility Medical Department provides medical care to the inmate population of the facility under the guidelines of a contracted Medical Doctor, who practices medicine in Iredell County. The medical department is comprised of a full-time Registered Nurse who is designated as Medical Director, and a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse. A part-time Licensed Practical Nurse is also part of the medical staff and provides medical coverage on weekends.

Food Service

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility Food Service is provided through a contracted major food service provider, who employees the food service manager assigned to the detention facility. The food service manager employees other staff members are responsible for providing a full-time food service that provides three meals a day, seven days a week from our on-site kitchen within the detention facility to the inmate population.

Chaplin Program

Mission Statement

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. Isaiah 61:1.

Ministry

The Ministry to the personnel of the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office and to the inmates of the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility is made up of volunteers who are committed to serve in each of these areas of ministry.

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Chaplin is responsible for overseeing the operation of both areas, for approval of volunteers, and for communication between the Sheriff of Iredell County and the work of the ministry.

The Detention Facility Chaplin is responsible for scheduling services, times and volunteers, who have been approved as volunteer associate chaplains.

N.C. Department of Corrections

This is a brief description of the service:

Key Benefits

• Steady employment,
• Work 12 hour shifts,14 days out of a 24 day cycle with every other Fri-Sun off,
• 401-K, 8hr vac & sick per month, 13 paid holidays, paid employee insurance.

Detention Visitation Hours

Annex Inmates on Video are Monday thru Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Working Inmates Visit on Sunday from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Females at the Main Jail are on Saturdays from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

About the Jail | Mission Statement | Command Staff | Support Units
Key Benefits | Detention Visitation Hours