Ingham County Jail

---

The Ingham County Jail is located at 640 North Cedar Street in Mason, MI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Ingham County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about everything related to the Ingham County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

Top 10 Searches for Ingham County Jail

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

Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips that you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that might help others would be welcome.

Ingham County Jail Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Ingham County Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get info on anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you have their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Ingham County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Ingham County Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Ingham County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Ingham County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the facility at (517) 676-2431 before you visit an inmate.

---

Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Ingham County Jail you must first be added to this person’s 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 at Ingham County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under 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 of age 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 magazines to an inmate at the Ingham County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ingham County 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 Ingham County 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 Ingham County 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind 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 first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Ingham County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records online, or at the Ingham County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Ingham County Jail inmates could change, so we suggest that you review the Ingham County Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ingham County 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 Ingham County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (517) 676-2431 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 Ingham County Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 sufficient funds in their account. These items 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 Ingham County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about 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 break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (517) 676-2431

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Ingham County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 finding out 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

Return To Main Menu

834