Pigeon Police Jail

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The Pigeon Police Jail is located at 29 South Main Street in Pigeon, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Pigeon Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Pigeon Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Pigeon Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Huron County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and advice that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Pigeon Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Pigeon Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find information on anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information fast if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Pigeon Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Pigeon Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer some questions, like your full legal name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get released that morning.

Pigeon Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Pigeon Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Pigeon Police Jail at 989-453-3001 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Pigeon Police Jail you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be 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 without it.

No phones at Pigeon Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Pigeon Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Pigeon 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 Pigeon 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 Pigeon 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 arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, 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 someone’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates change frequently, so it would be best to visit the Pigeon Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Pigeon 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 Pigeon Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 989-453-3001 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 Pigeon Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep 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 inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Pigeon Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 989-453-3001

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Pigeon Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not 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 jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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