Ionia County Jail

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The Ionia County Jail is located at 133 Adams Street in Ionia, MI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Ionia County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about anything you might need to know about the Ionia County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Ionia County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ionia County Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find the same information about anyone processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Ionia County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Ionia County Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you must answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate must figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, expect to get released that morning.

Ionia County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Ionia County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go in the visitors log for the inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Ionia County Jail at (616) 527-5390 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Ionia County Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Ionia County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Ionia County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ionia County 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 Ionia County 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 Ionia County 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 access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Ionia County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail is likely to change, so be sure to check the Ionia County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ionia County 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 Ionia County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (616) 527-5390 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 Ionia County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

All phone calls from the Ionia County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Ionia County Jail phone number is: (616) 527-5390

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. 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 Ionia County 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 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 jail 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 Ionia County Jail, click the link below.

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