Fairgrove Police Jail

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The Fairgrove Police Jail is located at 5005 Center Street in Fairgrove, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fairgrove Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything related to the Fairgrove Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Fairgrove Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Tuscola County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Fairgrove Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fairgrove Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and times you can visit. You can find info on anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Fairgrove Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Fairgrove Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Fairgrove Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s name to the Fairgrove Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Fairgrove Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 989-693-6899 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Fairgrove Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Fairgrove Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Fairgrove Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fairgrove 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.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Fairgrove 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 Fairgrove 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Tuscola County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Tuscola County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Fairgrove Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so be sure to check the Fairgrove Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fairgrove 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 Fairgrove Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 989-693-6899 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 inmate’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 Fairgrove Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Fairgrove Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

The Fairgrove Police Jail phone number is: 989-693-6899

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls are split 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 Fairgrove Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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