Harbor Springs Police Jail

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The Harbor Springs Police Jail is located at 170 Zoll Street in Harbor Springs, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Harbor Springs Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Harbor Springs Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Harbor Springs Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you advice and information that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

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Who’s In Jail

The Harbor Springs Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can also find information on anyone booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get the information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Harbor Springs Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Harbor Springs Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put 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 basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take between 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to get released in the morning.

Harbor Springs Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Harbor Springs Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. All visitors has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Harbor Springs Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Harbor Springs Police Jail at 231-526-6211 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Harbor Springs Police Jail you must first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be 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 without it.

No phones are allowed at Harbor Springs Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of 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 younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Harbor Springs Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Harbor Springs 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 Harbor Springs 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 Harbor Springs 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the Emmet County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Harbor Springs Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so be sure to double check the Harbor Springs Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Harbor Springs 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 Harbor Springs Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 231-526-6211 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 Harbor Springs Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want 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 items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Harbor Springs Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Harbor Springs Police Jail phone number is: 231-526-6211

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Harbor Springs Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 these cases, the jail or prison 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 Harbor Springs Police Jail, click the link below.

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