Gagetown Police Jail

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The Gagetown Police Jail is located at 6437 South Street in Gagetown, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Gagetown Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Gagetown Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Gagetown Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Tuscola County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Gagetown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gagetown Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people currently in custody, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get the same information about anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information more quickly if you enter their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Gagetown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Gagetown Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Gagetown Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list information about each visitor to the Gagetown Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go into the visitation log for the inmate. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 989-665-9981 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Gagetown Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Gagetown 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 they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 of age 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 magazines to an inmate at the Gagetown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gagetown 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 Gagetown 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 Gagetown 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, you can check court records on the Tuscola County court website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Tuscola County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Gagetown Police Jail are always changing, so you should check the Gagetown Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gagetown 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 Gagetown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 989-665-9981 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 Gagetown Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Gagetown Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls 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 you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 989-665-9981

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Gagetown Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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