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Kalkaska County Jail Overview

Kalkaska County Jail, also called the Kalkaska County Correctional Facility, is operated by the Kalkaska County Sheriff's Office at 605 N. Birch Street in Kalkaska. The official jail operations page describes it as an adult county facility in the Village of Kalkaska with a capacity of 62 inmates. It normally holds adult pretrial detainees, detention holds, and people sentenced to county jail terms of not more than one year.

The facility is governed by Michigan Department of Corrections Administrative Rules for Jails and Lockups. The sheriff page reports that during four years of MDOC inspections, the jail received 100 percent compliance awards. It also describes a mission of safe, humane, secure custody, non-discriminatory care, family and community contacts, and reduced recidivism.

The sheriff's official site also places the correctional facility within a broader public-safety office that includes law enforcement, central dispatch, community corrections, records, court security, investigations, and administration. That matters for inmate lookup work because the same campus may involve different counters for different needs. Custody status, report requests, bond questions, court dates, and prosecutor decisions are related, but they are not handled by one single public window.

The official jail operations source shows the local capacity and staff duties that define Kalkaska County Jail.

Kalkaska jail operations information is the source for capacity, programs, and corrections staff duties.

Use that operations page for the facility role, but use current inmate service pages for housing caveats.

Kalkaska County Jail Capacity Population

The strongest local population figures come from the sheriff's 2024 annual report and the official jail operations page. The jail capacity is 62 inmates. The 2024 annual report listed 453 total inmates, 28.55 average daily inmates, 332 males, 120 females, and 15 inmates transported to prison. The male and female counts total 452 while the report's inmate total is 453, so those figures should be cited exactly as reported.

The current housing caveat affects how these numbers are used. Official Kalkaska visitation and mail pages say the facility is a lockdown facility and inmates are currently housed in Wexford County. Capacity describes the local jail design and official facility, while current service rules may point to Wexford County Jail.

Lookup Kalkaska County Jail Inmates

No official public online Kalkaska County Jail roster was located. The correct lookup process is a contact and records chain. Call the jail for immediate custody routing, confirm physical housing, use VINE for release or transfer notification, and use written records requests for booking records, photos, or older custody details.

1. Call the Kalkaska jail telephone at 231-258-5245 or jail operations at 231-258-8686 ext. 1405.
2. Ask whether the person is currently housed at Wexford County Jail under the lockdown housing arrangement.
3. Use Michigan VINE or 1-800-770-7657 for custody status and notification.
4. For booking records, photos, or proof letters, contact Records Division at 231-258-8686 ext. 1410 or records@kalso.org.
5. For formal charges after arrest, search MiCOURT or the 46th Circuit Kalkaska case lookup.

Kalkaska County Jail Address Contact

The jail and sheriff's office sit on the county government campus with the courts and other public-safety functions. Use the jail phone for custody routing. Use the records phone for reports, older booking records, photos, and proof-of-incarceration letters. The county government page lists Sheriff Pat Whiteford and Undersheriff David Wagner.

Visiting Kalkaska County Jail Inmates

The official Kalkaska visitation page says the sheriff's office is a lockdown facility and inmates are currently housed in Wexford County. For that reason, family and visitor planning should use Wexford County Jail's current service rules after confirming the person is housed there. Wexford onsite visits must be scheduled through CIDNET 24 hours in advance. Home-user visits must be scheduled online 48 hours in advance.

The captured Kalkaska visitation notice is the reason Wexford rules are included on a Kalkaska County Jail page.

Kalkaska inmate visitation information says current inmate visitation, mail, and commissary information points to Wexford County.

Confirm housing before traveling because a local arrest does not mean a local visit is available at North Birch Street.

Kalkaska County Jail Mail Money

For Kalkaska inmates housed in Wexford County, Wexford publishes the service rules. Personal incoming mail must be postcard-only and no larger than 4.25 by 6.0 inches. Legal mail is accepted. Wexford lists JailATM.com for deposits, Stellar for commissary, and CIDNET for phone and video services. CIDNET support is listed as 1-888-984-1903.

Kalkaska County Jail Booking Intake

Corrections duties include processing inmates in and out, maintaining facility and inmate records, transferring inmates to court, conducting searches, processing funds, property, and bonds, supervising programs, and fingerprinting and photographing inmates. The 2024 annual report says corrections staff performed 3,019 intake assessments and handled medical, dental, and ambulance transports.

After arrest, the court path begins quickly. The 46th Circuit criminal matters page says felony arraignment normally follows the day after arrest, and a preliminary examination is set within 14 calendar days after arraignment. Bond is addressed through the court and jail process, but another hold can prevent release even if local bond is paid.

For records purposes, booking is not the same as a conviction. A Kalkaska County Jail intake can create fingerprints, a photograph, property records, bond paperwork, and a custody record before the prosecutor's formal charge decisions appear in court. If the requested record is a past booking, proof letter, or photo, the sheriff Records Division is the documented route. If the requested record is the filed charge, case date, or disposition, the court system is the correct route.

Kalkaska County Jail Programs

The jail operations page lists trustee, work release, supervised work details, monitored release or electronic tether, general education studies, substance abuse counseling, anger-management counseling, medical and mental-health services when necessary, and chaplain or clergy support. The 2024 annual report listed 2 work release participants, 80 trustee bed days saved, 91 substance-abuse treatment bed days saved, and 24 K6/RODS surveys tied to Stepping Up data work with Wayne State University.

Program availability depends on classification, court orders, staff approval, housing status, and the current operating arrangement. A person may be under Kalkaska custody while following Wexford day-to-day housing rules. For that reason, program or movement questions should be confirmed with the jail before family members make assumptions from older facility descriptions. Records staff can route historical documents, but operational approval belongs to corrections staff and the court order in effect.