Midland Police Jail

---

The Midland Police Jail is located at 2727 Rodd Street in Midland, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Midland Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Midland Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Midland Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

Top 10 Searches for Midland Police Jail

1. Midland Police Jail Information
2. Midland Police Jail Inmate Search
3. Midland County Inmate Search in Midland, MI
4. Midland Police Jail Visitation Rules
5. Midland Police Jail Visitation Hours
6. Discount Midland Police Jail Inmate Calls
7. Midland Police Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Midland Police Jail
10. How to Search Midland County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Midland Police Jail Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Midland Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can get information for anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their inmate information faster if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Midland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Midland Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

You have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can call 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 be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to get released in the morning.

Midland Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Midland Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Midland Police Jail frequently change, so call the official Midland Police Jail at 989-631-5716 before you go to visitation.

---

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Midland Police Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

Make 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.

No mobile phones are allowed at Midland Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Midland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Midland 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.

---

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Midland 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 Midland 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to 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 an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Midland County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, 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 different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Midland Police Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you review the Midland Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Midland 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 Midland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 989-631-5716 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 Midland Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products including 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 Midland Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

The Midland Police Jail phone number is: 989-631-5716

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set 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 Midland Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

Return To Main Menu

7731