Montrose Police Jail

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The Montrose Police Jail is located at 11155 Nichols Road in Montrose, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Montrose Township Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask them, and any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Montrose Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Montrose Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get information for anybody processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information fast if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Montrose Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Montrose Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take from 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to get discharged in the morning.

Montrose Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Montrose Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go in the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Montrose Police Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 810-639-5400 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Montrose Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Montrose Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Montrose Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Montrose 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 Montrose 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 Montrose 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Genesee County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the Genesee County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Genesee County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates are always changing, so you should visit the Montrose Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Montrose 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 Montrose Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 810-639-5400 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 Montrose Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need 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 money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Montrose Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 810-639-5400

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, 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 Montrose Police Jail. The prices 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 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 circumstances 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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