Bancroft Police Jail

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The Bancroft Police Jail is located at 108 Warren Street in Bancroft, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bancroft Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything related to the Bancroft Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Bancroft Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it, and also any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others is welcome.

Bancroft Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bancroft Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information about anybody booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Bancroft Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Bancroft Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the phone to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, it will depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate has to decide on how much your bail will be. 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 date of your release, expect to get released in the morning.

Bancroft Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Bancroft Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Bancroft Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the jail at 989-634-9771 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Bancroft Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Bancroft Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Bancroft Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bancroft 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 Bancroft 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 Bancroft 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Shiawassee County court website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the Shiawassee County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Shiawassee County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Bancroft Police Jail jail inmates might change, so you should review the Bancroft Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bancroft 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 Bancroft Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 989-634-9771 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 Bancroft Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. 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 the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds 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

The only phone calls that Bancroft Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 989-634-9771

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, 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 Bancroft 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 is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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