Kalamazoo County Jail

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The Kalamazoo County Jail is located at 1500 Lamont Avenue in Kalamazoo, MI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about anything related to the Kalamazoo County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Kalamazoo County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer advice and information that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that might be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Kalamazoo County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Kalamazoo County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info about anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Kalamazoo County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Kalamazoo County Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the telephone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get released. It also might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Kalamazoo County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Kalamazoo County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at (269) 385-6173 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Kalamazoo County Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Kalamazoo County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Kalamazoo County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Kalamazoo County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Kalamazoo County Jail jail inmates might change, so it would be best to check the Kalamazoo County Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (269) 385-6173 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 Kalamazoo County Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely 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 purchase if they have money in their account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Kalamazoo County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (269) 385-6173

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Kalamazoo County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 learning 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 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 any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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