Kalkaska Police Jail

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The Kalkaska Police Jail is located at 200 Hyde Street in Kalkaska, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Kalkaska Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Kalkaska Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and also any feedback or comments that could help others will be appreciated.

Kalkaska Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Kalkaska Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people currently in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find the same information for anybody processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Kalkaska Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Kalkaska Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged takes between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should plan to get released in the morning.

Kalkaska Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Kalkaska Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Kalkaska Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 231-258-9081 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Kalkaska Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring 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 cellphones at Kalkaska Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Kalkaska Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Kalkaska 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 Kalkaska 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 Kalkaska 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to the Kalkaska County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Kalkaska Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so check the Kalkaska Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Kalkaska 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 Kalkaska Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 231-258-9081 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 Kalkaska Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Kalkaska Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. 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 that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

The Kalkaska Police Jail phone number is: 231-258-9081

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Kalkaska 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 learning how to decrease 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 calling 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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