Pontiac Police Jail

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The Pontiac Police Jail is located at 110 East Pike Street in Pontiac, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Pontiac Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Pontiac Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Pontiac Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Pontiac Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people currently in custody, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can get info for anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information fast if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Pontiac Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Pontiac Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will have to answer some questions, such as your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the phone to 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, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, plan to be released in the morning.

Pontiac Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Pontiac Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go into a log of visitors for the inmate. Every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Pontiac Police Jail at 248-758-3304 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Pontiac Police Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Pontiac Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Pontiac Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Pontiac 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 Pontiac 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 Pontiac 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, you can access court records on the Oakland County court website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates might change, so check the Pontiac Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Pontiac 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 Pontiac Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 248-758-3304 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 Pontiac Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Pontiac Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 248-758-3304

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 they control the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Pontiac Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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