Lake Odessa Police Jail

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The Lake Odessa Police Jail is located at 839 4Th Avenue in Lake Odessa, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake Odessa Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Lake Odessa Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Lake Odessa Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and tips that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Lake Odessa Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake Odessa Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people who are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information for anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Lake Odessa Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Lake Odessa Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the telephone to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes from 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the faster you will be released. Also, it might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge has to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, 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 release date, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Lake Odessa Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Lake Odessa Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Lake Odessa Police Jail change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 616-374-7110 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Lake Odessa Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Lake Odessa Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 Lake Odessa Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake Odessa 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 Lake Odessa 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 Lake Odessa 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records on the website, or at the Ionia County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Lake Odessa Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so we suggest that you double check the Lake Odessa Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake Odessa 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 Lake Odessa Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 616-374-7110 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 Lake Odessa Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust 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 Lake Odessa Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 616-374-7110

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Lake Odessa Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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