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Grayling Police Jail Information

Address

Grayling Police Jail
1020 City Boulevard
Grayling, MI 49738

Phone Number

Phone: 989-348-4621

The Grayling Police Jail is located at 1020 City Boulevard in Grayling, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Grayling Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Grayling Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Grayling Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and also any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Grayling Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that has gone to jail and need to contact them? Do you know a friend or family member that has been arrested and you don’t know how to find out what jail they’re in?

In order to find out who’s in jail at the Grayling Police Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

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Who’s In Jail

The Grayling Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information for anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Grayling Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Grayling Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a phone call to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be freed. It also can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the judge has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Grayling Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide information about each visitor to the Grayling Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 989-348-4621 before you visit an inmate.

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 someone at the Grayling Police Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Grayling Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 Grayling Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Grayling 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

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Grayling Police Jail is:

Grayling Police Jail
1020 City Boulevard
Grayling, MI 49738

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Grayling Police Jail
1020 City Boulevard
Grayling, MI 49738

The inmate mail policy at the Grayling Police Jail changes often, so it would be best to check the site when you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Grayling 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 Grayling 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Crawford County jail website or you can 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. Keep in mind 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 jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to check the Grayling Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Grayling 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 Grayling Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 989-348-4621 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 Grayling Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds 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

All phone calls from the Grayling Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 989-348-4621

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Grayling Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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