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Roscommon County Jail Information

Address

Roscommon County Jail
111 South Second Street
Roscommon, MI 48653

Phone Number

Phone: (989) 275-9070

The Roscommon County Jail is located at 111 South Second Street in Roscommon, MI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Roscommon County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Roscommon County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Roscommon County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give information that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Roscommon County Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is locked up and need to locate them? Do you know a family member or friend that’s been arrested and you need to locate them?

In order to see who is in jail at the Roscommon County Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Roscommon County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get the same information about anybody processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Roscommon County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Roscommon County Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, plan to be released that morning.

Roscommon County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Roscommon County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the official Roscommon County Jail at (989) 275-9070 before you go.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Roscommon County Jail you must have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Roscommon 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 prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Roscommon County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Roscommon 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Roscommon County Jail:

Roscommon County Jail
111 South Second Street
Roscommon, MI 48653

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Roscommon County Jail
111 South Second Street
Roscommon, MI 48653

The Roscommon County Jail mail policy changes, so we suggest that you visit the official website when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Roscommon 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 Roscommon 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Roscommon County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Roscommon County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Roscommon County Jail could change, so be sure to visit the Roscommon County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Roscommon 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 Roscommon County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (989) 275-9070 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 inmateâ€™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 Roscommon County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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 Roscommon County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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 are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

The Roscommon County Jail phone number is: (989) 275-9070

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 off of 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 Roscommon County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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