Sterling Heights Police Jail

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The Sterling Heights Police Jail is located at 40333 Dodge Park Road in Sterling Heights, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sterling Heights Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask them, and any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Sterling Heights Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sterling Heights Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get information for anyone who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Sterling Heights Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Sterling Heights Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get discharged. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply 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, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Sterling Heights Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s full name to the Sterling Heights Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be entered in the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Sterling Heights Police Jail change often, so call the facility at 586-446-2800 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Sterling Heights Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Sterling Heights Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent 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 must 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 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 Sterling Heights Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sterling Heights 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 Sterling Heights 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 Sterling Heights 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Macomb County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear 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 first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Macomb County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

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

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates change frequently, so be sure to double check the Sterling Heights Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sterling Heights 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 Sterling Heights Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 586-446-2800 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 Sterling Heights Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including 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 Sterling Heights Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

The Sterling Heights Police Jail phone number is: 586-446-2800

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls are split 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 Sterling Heights Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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