Harbor Beach Police Jail

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The Harbor Beach Police Jail is located at 766 State Street in Harbor Beach, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Harbor Beach Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Harbor Beach Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Harbor Beach Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Huron County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Harbor Beach Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Harbor Beach Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get the same information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information fast if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Harbor Beach Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Harbor Beach Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will answer a number of questions, like your legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and 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, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a phone call in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Harbor Beach Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give information about each visitor to the Harbor Beach Police Jail in advance. This information will be put into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so you should call the facility at 989-479-3353 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Harbor Beach Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Harbor Beach Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 Harbor Beach Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Harbor Beach 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 Beach 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 Beach 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 think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Huron County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. 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 have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Huron County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Huron County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Harbor Beach Police Jail is likely to change, so you should double check the Harbor Beach Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Harbor Beach 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 Beach Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 989-479-3353 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 Beach Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from 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 inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust 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

The only phone calls that Harbor Beach Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone 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 break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Harbor Beach Police Jail phone number is: 989-479-3353

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Harbor Beach Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 figuring 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. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Beach Police Jail, click the link below.

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