Port Huron Police Jail

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The Port Huron Police Jail is located at 100 Mcmorran Boulevard in Port Huron, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Port Huron Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might want to know about the Port Huron Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find St Clair County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Port Huron Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Port Huron Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find info about anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Port Huron Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Port Huron Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a number of questions, like your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Port Huron Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Port Huron Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Port Huron Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 810-984-8415 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Port Huron Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Port Huron Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be 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 a 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Port Huron Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Port Huron 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 Port Huron 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 Port Huron 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records online or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are 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, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Port Huron Police Jail inmates change frequently, so check the Port Huron Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Port Huron 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 Port Huron Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 810-984-8415 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 Port Huron Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Port Huron Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to 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 break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 810-984-8415

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Port Huron Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling 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. 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 jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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