Essexville Police Jail

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The Essexville Police Jail is located at 745 West Center Road in Essexville, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hampton Township Police Department.

This page tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Essexville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Essexville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Essexville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Essexville Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information faster if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Essexville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Essexville Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

First, you have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, street address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given 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 be allowed to use the telephone in order to 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, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be released that morning.

Essexville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Essexville Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Essexville Police Jail change often, so make sure that you call the jail at 989-892-0571 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Essexville Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring 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 cellphones are allowed at Essexville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Essexville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Essexville 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 Essexville 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 Essexville 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Bay County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Bay County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail can change at any time, so be sure to review the Essexville Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Essexville 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 Essexville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 989-892-0571 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 Essexville Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use 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 the inmate can buy 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 like 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 Essexville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Essexville Police Jail phone number is: 989-892-0571

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from 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 Essexville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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