North Muskegon Police Jail

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The North Muskegon Police Jail is located at 1114 Ruddiman Drive in North Muskegon, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the North Muskegon Police Department.

This site will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the North Muskegon Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

North Muskegon Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The North Muskegon Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting hours. You can also get the same information for anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

North Muskegon Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the North Muskegon Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you must answer some simple questions, like your legal name, 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 ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process takes between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to be released between 9am and noon.

North Muskegon Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the North Muskegon Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The North Muskegon Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the jail at 231-744-4313 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the North Muskegon Police Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at North Muskegon Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the North Muskegon Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the North Muskegon Police 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 North Muskegon Police 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 North Muskegon Police 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 inquiry online or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Muskegon County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Muskegon County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Muskegon County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates change frequently, so you should check the North Muskegon Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at North Muskegon Police 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 North Muskegon Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 231-744-4313 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 North Muskegon Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use 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 sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like 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 North Muskegon Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail 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 you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The North Muskegon Police Jail phone number is: 231-744-4313

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 North Muskegon Police 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 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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. There are some prisons or jails 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 these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at North Muskegon Police Jail, click the link below.

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