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Sand Lake Police Jail Information

Address

Sand Lake Police Jail
2 East Maple Street
Sand Lake, MI 49343

Phone Number

Phone Number: 616-636-8802

The Sand Lake Police Jail is located at 2 East Maple Street in Sand Lake, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sand Lake Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything related to the Sand Lake Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Sand Lake Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Kent County court records, and more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and advice you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Sand Lake Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that has gone to jail and don’t know how to find out where they are? Do you know somebody who has been arrested and you want to find out where they are?

To find out who’s in jail at the Sand Lake Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sand Lake Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. You can also find info about anyone booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Sand Lake Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Sand Lake Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will be released. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Sand Lake Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s name to the Sand Lake Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Sand Lake Police Jail can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 616-636-8802 before you try to go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Sand Lake Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Sand Lake Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Sand Lake Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sand Lake Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Sand Lake Police Jail:

Sand Lake Police Jail
2 East Maple Street
Sand Lake, MI 49343

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Sand Lake Police Jail
2 East Maple Street
Sand Lake, MI 49343

The Sand Lake Police Jail mail policy is always changing, so be sure to visit the site when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Sand Lake Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Sand Lake Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Kent County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the Kent County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates might change, so we suggest that you visit the Sand Lake Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sand Lake Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Sand Lake Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 616-636-8802 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmateâ€™s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Sand Lake Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

The only phone calls that Sand Lake Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Sand Lake Police Jail phone number is: 616-636-8802

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Sand Lake Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Sand Lake Police Jail, click the link below.

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