Frankfort Police Jail

---

The Frankfort Police Jail is located at 412 Main Street in Frankfort, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Frankfort Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything related to the Frankfort Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Frankfort Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much more.

Top 10 Searches for Frankfort Police Jail

1. Frankfort Police Jail Information
2. Frankfort Police Jail Inmate Search
3. Benzie County Inmate Search in Frankfort, MI
4. Frankfort Police Jail Visitation Rules
5. What Are the Visitation Hours for Frankfort Police Jail
6. Discount Frankfort Police Jail Inmate Calls
7. Frankfort Police Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Frankfort Police Jail
10. How to Search Benzie County Arrest Records

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and tips that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Frankfort Police Jail Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Frankfort Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get info for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find the information faster if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Frankfort Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Frankfort Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

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

They will let you use the phone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge still needs to figure out your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Frankfort Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Frankfort Police Jail before you can visit. This information will go into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the official Frankfort Police Jail at 231-352-4212 before you try to visit an inmate.

---

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Frankfort Police Jail you must be on this person’s 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 at Frankfort Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Frankfort Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Frankfort 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.

---

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Frankfort 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 Frankfort 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, you can access arrest warrants on the Benzie County jail website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Benzie County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a court docket and any filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates might change, so you should double check the Frankfort Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Frankfort 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 Frankfort Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 231-352-4212 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 Frankfort Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

All phone calls from the Frankfort Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Frankfort Police Jail phone number is: 231-352-4212

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Frankfort 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 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 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. In some cases, 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 jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

Return To Main Menu

7615