Menominee County Jail

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The Menominee County Jail is located at 831 10th Avenue in Menominee, MI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Menominee County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Menominee County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Menominee County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Menominee County Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find info for anybody booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information faster if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Menominee County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Menominee County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes between 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Menominee County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Menominee County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors must provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Menominee County Jail can change, so make sure that you call the jail at (906) 863-4441 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Menominee County Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Menominee County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 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 Menominee County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Menominee 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.

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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 Menominee 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 Menominee 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or call the jail directly. 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 there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Menominee County Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so be sure to review the Menominee County Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Menominee 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 Menominee County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (906) 863-4441 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 Menominee County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Menominee County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: (906) 863-4441

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Menominee County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 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. There are some circumstances where 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 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 Menominee County Jail, click the link below.

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