Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility

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The Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility is located at 570 Clinton Street in Detroit, MI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and tips you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that could help others will be appreciated.

Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find info for anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find the information fast if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility is made up of each of 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.

You will answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility in advance. Your visitors will be put into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility change often, so you should call the official Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility at (313) 967-6672 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility 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 Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility. 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 Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility 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 can find out by checking the court records on the Wayne County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Wayne County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Wayne County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility might change, so be sure to review the Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility

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 Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (313) 967-6672 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 Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility store. You can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (313) 967-6672

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make 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 Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility. The rates 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 decrease 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Wayne County Jail – Andrew C Baird Detention Facility, click the link below.

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