To gather District Court information (bonds and warrants) view the District Court web site at http://www.d12.com
The
Jackson County Jail and its staff members are utilizing
a dynamic training program to improve jail services and
enhance the criminal justice system. Through the leadership
of the Jail Commander, Dave Luce and Lieutenant's
Carl Carmoney and Howard Tanner, the Jackson County Jail has
implemented both strong and innovative technologically based
systems to assist them in this endeavor.
Through the use of computerized digital photographic imaging,
photographic reproduction costs have been eliminated. The
digital images have assisted both City and County investigators
to enhance crime-solving means. The system has reduced storage
requirements while increasing accessibility 24 hours a day.
The implementation of live scan fingerprinting has increased
efficiency of fingerprint technology. The capability of
viewing the fingerprint prior to submission to the Michigan
Department of State Police Central Records Division has
eliminated the constant return of unsubmittable fingerprints.
In the near future this system will be capable of submitting
the fingerprints to the Automated Fingerprint Identification
System and receive immediate returns. This will allow for
the immediate submission and identification of suspects
as well as solvency of dated crimes.
HISTORY
The
Jackson County Jail is centrally located in downtown Jackson.
The 200 bed facility houses sentenced and un-sentenced Misdemeanants,
Felons, and Michigan Department of Corrections residents.
The original Jackson County Sheriffs Department and Jail
depicted below was located approximately two blocks away
on Cortland Street. Originally designed to include a residence
for the Sheriff and his family, the building was vacated
in the early 1950's for the existing site on W. Wesley Street.
In 1978 the Wesley Street Jail was expanded to include additional
housing units and a centralized receiving area. The Wesley
Street Facility is currently undergoing renovation, and
is expected to become completely operational again in June
of 2004.
In September of 2003, construction of a 240 bed direct supervision
facility was completed on Chanter Road. The facility boasts
state of the art security and surveillance equipment, and
is the first jail of its type in Michigan. This vast undertaking
was completed on-time and under budget, and will eliminate
costs associated with boarding out local inmates to other
county jails as well as free up much needed bed space at
the Wesley Street Facility for violent, un-sentenced, and
felony offenders.
INFORMATION
Due to the safety and security of the inmates, no out date will be given to the public (no exceptions). If you would like an inmate’s release date, you must receive it directly from the inmate.
TIMES
OF VISITATION
Last
Names beginning with A - F Wednesday's 1:00 p.m. - 2:30
p.m.
Last Names beginning with G - M Thursday's 1:00 p.m. - 2:30
p.m.
Last Names beginning with N - Z Friday's 1:00 p.m. - 2:30
p.m.
All Trustees Tuesday's 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
WHO
CAN VISIT
All
inmates may receive visitation privileges after incarceration
of seven days. Only those people (up to three) who the inmate
wishes to visit AND who are placed on the inmate's visitation
card by the inmate may visit. Please be prepared to present
a picture identification card to the Corrections Officer
upon request. The inmate may change the visitation card
once each month.
Entrance onto any Jackson County Sheriff Department property, implies consent to search. Visitors are reminded to keep a safe distance from the jail perimeter fence and not to try to communicate with the inmates through the fence. All conversations are subject to audio recording and must be done over the jails phone/visitation system.
LENGTH
OF VISIT
To
insure that everyone receives a visit, it is necessary to
limit visits to "approximately" fifteen minutes. All persons
wishing to visit a particular inmate are required to arrive
and check in together.
CHILDREN
For
safety reasons, only children who are 48" or taller
may visit an inmate. Smaller children and babies will not
be admitted to the visit area. Parents are responsible for
their children during visitation. Children under the age
of seventeen are required to be accompanied by a parent no exceptions. No one under the age of 18 can visit without a parent. If you are under 18, and the visit is done during school hours, you may be reported as a truant.
CROWDS
Due
to the limited size of the visitation area, only inmate
visitors will be admitted to the visitation area. After
visitation please leave the area. If at the Chanter Road
facility, do not approach or yell through the perimeter
fence or honk your horn at inmates in the yard as such actions
are detrimental to the safety and security of the facility.
Violators will not be allowed back onto jail property. If
you need to have someone wait or you wish to visit other
visitors, please use the Court House break area (downtown)
or the waiting room of the Chanter Road facility. Please
be considerate of the elderly and barrier free concerned
visitors.
OTHER
MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS
All
inmates may receive and send correspondence through the
United States Postal system. Inmates may not receive packages.
Direct all correspondence to:
INMATE
NAME
c/o Jackson County Jail
212 W. Wesley Street
Jackson, Michigan 49201 |
INMATE
NAME
c/o Jackson County Jail
1995 Chanter Road
Jackson, Michigan 49201 |
Telephone
access is provided to all inmates between the hours of 7:00
a.m. and 11:00 p.m., and is an outgoing collect call service
only so you will be charged for the call. If you do not
want to pay for the telephone call, do not accept the operator
assisted request (there is a pre-call advising that the
telephone call is being routed from a correctional facility).
The Jackson County Jail will not receive any incoming telephone
calls or messages for inmates! If you are experiencing trouble
receiving collect calls, contact your phone carrier or contact
the Customer Payment Assistance Center @ 1-888-815-9102.
Calling cards can be purchased during visitation hours ($10 and $20) through vending machines that are located at both jails.
BONDS
We now accept major credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express) for inmate bonds.
INMATE
COMMISSARY
Money can be deposited at the Wesley St. jail in the front office between the hours of 1:00pm to 4:00pm,Wednesday thru Friday. Money can also be deposited at the Chanter rd facility from 1:00pm to 2:30pm, Tuesday thru Friday. Money can also be sent through the United Stated Postal Service in the form of money order only.
SMOKE
FREE ENVIRONMENT
The
County of Jackson has adopted a SMOKE FREE environment to
all of its building. The Jackson County Jail has also adopted
this policy. All tobacco products are considered contraband.
DO NOT bring or leave any tobacco products on Jail property!
BARRIER
FREE ACCESSIBILITY
The
Jackson County Jail is a barrier free environment. If you
have barrier free concerns, please bring them to the attention
of the Corrections Officers assigned to the visitation area.
We will make barrier free access available to you.
COURTESY
In
an effort to provide fair treatment to all and due to the
large inmate population, we request that you follow the
above listed rules. Corrections Officers are instructed
to make no exceptions to jail policy. We make every attempt
to treat everyone fairly and courteously. The Corrections
Officer assigned to visitations may deny a visit if they
believe that Jail Visitation policies have been violated
or if it is in the interest of Jail safety or security.
JAIL
STAFF
If
you need to address any problem or concern and are unable
to satisfactorily resolve the issue with the Corrections
Officer assigned to the Visitation Area, please contact
Lieutenant Carl Carmoney @ (517) 768-7913, Lieutenant Howard
Tanner @ (517) 768-1605, or Captain Dave Luce @
(517) 768-7915.
TELEPHONE
NUMBERS
The
following telephone numbers are available for Jail Information
or Jail Personnel.
Downtown
Jail |
Chanter
Road Jail |
|
RECEIVING (517) 768-7911
SERGEANTS (517) 768-7943
LIEUTENANT (517) 768-7913
CAPTAIN (517) 768-7915
|
RECEIVING (517) 768-1609
SERGEANTS (517) 768-1606
LIEUTENANT (517) 768-1605
CAPTAIN (517) 768-7915 |
SERVICES
The
Community Work Service program offer a multitude of services
to the Jackson Community. Through the utilization of
alternatively sentenced inmates, many of the county road
and streets have had trash cleared and removed. During
winter months sidewalks and driveways of the elderly, public
buildings and churches are shoveled. If you have an
interest in the Community Work Service program, please contact Kevin Setllingworth @ (517) 768-7915.
