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Ontonagon County Jail Information

Address

Ontonagon County Jail
620 Conglomerate Street
Ontonagon, MI 49953

Phone Number

Phone: (906) 884-4901

The Ontonagon County Jail is located at 620 Conglomerate Street in Ontonagon, MI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Department.

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

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Ontonagon County Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is incarcerated and don’t know how to find them? Do you know a friend or family member that has been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

In order to see who is in jail at the Ontonagon County Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ontonagon County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can get information about anybody processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Ontonagon County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge has to determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Ontonagon County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Ontonagon County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Ontonagon County Jail are always changing, so you should call the official Ontonagon County Jail at (906) 884-4901 before you go to the jail to visit.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Ontonagon County Jail you have to first be added to their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

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

If the 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 Ontonagon County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ontonagon 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.

Mailing Address

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Ontonagon County Jail is:

Ontonagon County Jail
620 Conglomerate Street
Ontonagon, MI 49953

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Ontonagon County Jail
620 Conglomerate Street
Ontonagon, MI 49953

The Ontonagon County Jail mail policy changes often, so you should review the site when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Ontonagon 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 Ontonagon 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 can check the arrest warrants on the Ontonagon County court website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Ontonagon County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the 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 linked together so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Ontonagon County Jail inmates are always changing, so you should check the Ontonagon County Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ontonagon 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 Ontonagon County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (906) 884-4901 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 inmateâ€™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 Ontonagon County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably 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 a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Ontonagon 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 outside of jail. 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 lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (906) 884-4901

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls are shared 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 Ontonagon County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where 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 facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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