Carson City Police Jail

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The Carson City Police Jail is located at 123 East Main Street in Carson City, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Carson City Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Carson City Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Carson City Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Montcalm County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Carson City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Carson City Police Jail Inmate List is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information about anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Carson City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Carson City Police Jail includes the following steps:

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

First, you must answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

Carson City Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s full name to the Carson City Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Carson City Police Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Carson City Police Jail at 989-584-3515 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Carson City Police Jail you must be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Carson City Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Carson City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Carson City 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 Carson City 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 Carson City 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 think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Montcalm County jail 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 a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Montcalm County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Montcalm County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may 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 DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Carson City Police Jail change frequently, so it would be best to double check the Carson City Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Carson City 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 Carson City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 989-584-3515 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 Carson City Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably 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 buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Carson City Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more costly 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 should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 989-584-3515

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Carson City Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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