Isabella County Jail

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The Isabella County Jail is located at 207 N. Court Street in Mt Pleasant, MI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about anything related to the Isabella County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Isabella County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Isabella County Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find information on anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information fast if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Isabella County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Isabella County Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, like your full name, home address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also might depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Isabella County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Isabella County Jail in advance. This information will be entered in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Isabella County Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at (989) 772-5915 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Isabella County Jail you must first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Isabella County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Isabella County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Isabella 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 Isabella 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 Isabella 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 check the court records on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind 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 name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Isabella County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to the Isabella County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates might change, so we suggest that you review the Isabella County Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Isabella 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 Isabella County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (989) 772-5915 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 Isabella County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items 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 Isabella County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: (989) 772-5915

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from 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 Isabella County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 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 jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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