Michigan inmate search

After an arrest in Michigan, you'll look at the local jails, since counties operate them. Within Monroe County, the Sheriff's Office Corrections Division operates the local jail. Before court, police take people they've just arrested to these county jails for booking.

Local jail rules are set by each sheriff. Oakland County Jail is run by Oakland County Sheriff's Office. Its bonding area is open 24 hours a day for you. Wayne County Criminal Justice Center is operated by Wayne County Sheriff's Office, and it includes a Juvenile Detention Facility too. There, before release, new arrivals must clear the Jail Registry Unit

Each county has its own lookup tool, so the steps you take depend on the jail. Searching the Oakland County Jail roster means going to the CLEMIS Inmate Locator, choosing Oakland County Jail, and running the search. That county says its records may be as much as 72 hours out of date. Take charge and bond questions to the court of jurisdiction.

Other counties want dates or numbers from you. With the Wayne County Jail roster, you look up a booking number or booking dates, and there's a housing unit filter. When an arrest took place only a few hours ago, phone the jail directly. Before a name shows up, jail booking takes time.

State prisons are run by the Michigan Department of Corrections, or MDOC. The Offender Tracking Information System, labeled OTIS, lets you search those records.

Only people currently under MDOC supervision appear in this database. Parolees, state prisoners, and people on state probation all fall in this group. Someone who leaves prison early to serve the rest of their sentence under community supervision is a parolee.

The MDOC offender search page won't list a new arrest. Anyone waiting for trial is held in a county jail. A person shows up in MDOC records only once a court sentences them to state time.

When you're unsure which county is holding someone, check Michigan VINE. The letters stand for Victim Information and Notification Everyday. Available 24 hours a day, the service is free and confidential.

Anyone, from crime victims and families to the general public, can check timely offender data with it. Free custody alerts are also offered when you sign up on the state's Michigan VINE page. If you'd rather check by phone, call the registration and support line at 1-800-770-7657. You can call that line whenever you need to.

Michigan generally gives an accused person the right to bail that isn't excessive. Several options are available to a court under MCR 6.106 and Michigan's pretrial release rules:

• Interim bond or conditional release
• A standard bond or money bail
• A deposit bond of 10%
• A surety bond through a court approved surety
• Refusal of pretrial release

With a surety bond, a bail bondsman posts a guarantee. The fee you pay that agent is called the premium. If a court permits a 10% deposit bond, MCL 765.6b and MCL 765.6 let you put up a surety bond at 1/4 of the full bail instead. People who post bonds for pay are regulated by state law MCL 750.167b.

The rules change from jail to jail. In Oakland County, cash bonds of $10,000 or more go to the court, while a $10 bond fee applies in Wayne County.