Maple Rapids Police Jail

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The Maple Rapids Police Jail is located at 118 West Adelaide Street in Maple Rapids, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Maple Rapids Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Maple Rapids Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Maple Rapids Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Clinton County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Maple Rapids Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Maple Rapids Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information on anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information faster if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Maple Rapids Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Maple Rapids Police Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. Also, it depends on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge 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 your sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

Maple Rapids Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Maple Rapids Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be put into the log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Maple Rapids Police Jail at 989-682-4901 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Maple Rapids Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Maple Rapids Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Maple Rapids Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Maple Rapids 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 Maple Rapids 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 Maple Rapids 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Clinton County jail website or you are able to 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 know 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, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to the Clinton County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Maple Rapids Police Jail can change at any time, so be sure to double check the Maple Rapids Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Maple Rapids 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 Maple Rapids Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 989-682-4901 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 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 Maple Rapids Police Jail store. An inmate can buy 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 a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Maple Rapids Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 989-682-4901

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Maple Rapids Police Jail. The rates 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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