Osceola County Jail

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The Osceola County Jail is located at 325 West Upton in Reed City, MI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Osceola County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Osceola County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Osceola County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that could help others will be welcome.

Osceola County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Osceola County Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals currently in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also get the same information about anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find the information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Osceola County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Osceola County Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You must answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the telephone to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Osceola County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide information about each visitor to the Osceola County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Osceola County Jail frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (231) 832-2288 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Osceola County Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Osceola County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally 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 old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Osceola County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Osceola 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 Osceola 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 Osceola 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Osceola County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Osceola County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Osceola County Jail change frequently, so double check the Osceola County Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Osceola 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 Osceola County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (231) 832-2288 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 Osceola County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Osceola County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to 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 rules and are disciplined, phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (231) 832-2288

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control 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 Osceola 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 factors 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling 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 in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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