Swartz Creek Police Jail

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The Swartz Creek Police Jail is located at 2011 South Morrish Road in Swartz Creek, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Clayton Township Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might need to know about the Swartz Creek Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and also any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others is welcome.

Swartz Creek Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Swartz Creek Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can also find information about anyone processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate the information quicker if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Swartz Creek Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Swartz Creek Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will have to answer some basic questions, like your legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, plan to be released that morning.

Swartz Creek Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to list each visitor’s full name to the Swartz Creek Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors is required to provide identification. Anyone arriving 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 it would be wise to call the facility at 810-635-3230 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Swartz Creek Police Jail you have to have your name on their 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 Swartz Creek Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not normally 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 a 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Swartz Creek Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Swartz Creek 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 Swartz Creek 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 Swartz Creek 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps 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 records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates might change, so be sure to check the Swartz Creek Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Swartz Creek 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 Swartz Creek Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 810-635-3230 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 Swartz Creek Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Swartz Creek Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Swartz Creek Police Jail phone number is: 810-635-3230

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money 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 Swartz Creek Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 keeps up to date 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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