Lookup Antrim County Correctional Facility Inmates

Antrim County Jail Overview

The official Antrim County jail page identifies Antrim County Correctional Facility as the county jail operated by the Antrim County Sheriff's Office. The facility is in downtown Bellaire and is the local detention point for Antrim County arrestees, pretrial detainees, people awaiting charges, trial, or sentencing, sentenced county-jail inmates, probation or parole violators, and people waiting for transfer to another jurisdiction or to state prison. Jail Administrator Lieutenant Sherry Knight is listed by the county for the facility, and the jail contact channels include phone, fax, and a jail email address.

The official jail page states that the building was built in 1955, has been renovated over time, and is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Staffing listed by the county includes 14 full-time corrections deputies, 4 sergeants, 1 lieutenant who serves as jail administrator, 1 full-time cook, 1 full-time nurse, 1 part-time nurse, and 1 part-time doctor. Corrections staff handle daily jail operations, courtroom security escorts, transport to other jurisdictions, and state-prison transport when a person leaves local custody.

The facility screenshot below comes from the county's own jail page, which is the source for the jail administrator, contact details, construction date, and state-rated capacity.

Those official details matter because Antrim County does not provide a separate online roster page in the research set, so the jail page and sheriff channels become the key custody-search starting points.

Antrim County Jail Population

Antrim County Correctional Facility is rated by the Michigan Department of Corrections for 56 inmates. The most recent official population figures in the research came from the 2024 Antrim County Sheriff's Office Annual Report and the Public Safety Center Sourcebook. For 2024, the jail's average daily population was 21. The same annual report broke that average into 17 male inmates and 4 female inmates. Sentenced inmates averaged 9 total, while unsentenced inmates averaged 12 total.

Those figures show a small jail by raw count, but they do not remove the need for classification space. The sourcebook describes required separations by sex, age status, sentence or custody status, and medical or mental-health needs. A jail can feel tight even when the total count is below the rated number because beds cannot always be swapped across those categories. The sourcebook also states that admissions were 442 in 2024, so the facility handles far more people over a year than the average daily count alone suggests.

Antrim County Inmate Lookup

No official online Antrim County jail roster or booking-search form was located on the county jail pages. That changes the search order. A current Antrim County jail inmate lookup should start with the facility phone line or Sheriff's Office lobby, then move to Michigan VINE for custody-status notifications where the person is covered, then to FOIA if a copy of an existing booking, jail, arrest, or mugshot record is needed. A person who has been sentenced to state custody should be searched through MDOC OTIS, not through the county jail.

1. Call the jail at 231-533-8627 and ask for current custody or booking information.
2. Use the person's full legal name, date of birth or approximate age, arrest date, and arresting agency if known.
3. Ask whether a copy request must go through the county online FOIA form or the Sheriff's FOIA PDF.
4. Check Michigan VINE for custody notifications if release, transfer, or status updates are the main concern.
5. Search MDOC OTIS for sentenced state custody, the BOP inmate locator for federal prison custody, and ICE's detainee locator for immigration custody.

County jail custody and state prison custody are different systems. Antrim County Correctional Facility holds local arrestees, pretrial detainees, short-sentence inmates, violators, and transfer cases. MDOC OTIS covers people under Michigan Department of Corrections jurisdiction, including prisoners, parolees, probationers, and recent supervision discharges within the limits described by MDOC. Federal and immigration custody may move a person out of the county channel entirely.

Antrim County Facility Contact

For current custody, bonding questions, records routing, approved visits, mail rules, or deposit questions, contact the facility before relying on third-party information. The jail and Sheriff's Office use the same main phone number in county materials, so callers should ask for the jail, booking, current custody, records, or FOIA function by name. The Sheriff's administrative lobby is separate from the jail door, which matters for visitors arriving in person.

Antrim County Jail Visits

Official Antrim County jail sources did not publish a full public visitation schedule, visitor dress code, local mail format, remote visit price, phone-rate table, or commissary fee schedule. Treat that as an access limit, not a reason to rely on an old third-party schedule. Call the jail before travel, especially if the visit involves family, clergy, counsel, money deposits, property questions, or a person who may have been released or transferred.

The Public Safety Center Sourcebook says attorneys currently meet clients in a general visitation room that was not designed for attorney-client visits. That is a local facility condition, not a visitor rule. It does explain why professional visits should be verified by phone and why scheduled access may differ from public visitation.

Antrim County Jail Money

The official inmate-information page links VINE, CIDNET Friends & Family, JailATM, and Stellar Teller services. It states that friends and family may deposit funds into an inmate account through a Stellar Teller kiosk using cash, credit card, or debit card, and that funds are available immediately or near real time. The county also links JailATM for online deposits, but it does not list a local fee table in the material reviewed.

The inmate-information screenshot is useful because it shows the official service names readers should verify before sending money, setting up communications, or relying on a notification tool.

No official Antrim County inmate mail rules, mailing-name format, banned-items list, publication policy, legal-mail process, or scan-and-destroy policy was located. Use the facility address only as a starting point and confirm the exact envelope format with the jail before mailing anything.

Antrim County Booking Process

Booking at Antrim County Correctional Facility begins after a sheriff's deputy, local police officer, Michigan State Police trooper, or other authorized officer brings a person to the jail. The research did not locate a public Antrim booking manual, but county sources describe the jail as a 24-hour facility that receives people awaiting charges, trial, sentencing, short county-jail sentences, probation or parole action, and transfer. Intake creates the local custody record that may later support a FOIA request for a booking sheet, incident record, or booking photo.

Typical intake includes identification, property handling, search, booking photograph, fingerprints, health screening, classification, and separation decisions. The jail page lists a full-time nurse, a part-time nurse, and a part-time doctor. The sourcebook also says the current building has stairs to a small booking area, blind spots, and limited medical or mental-health service space. Those details are part of the facility's local record and help explain why booking and classification are more than a simple name entry on a roster.

Booking

The jail intake step that creates the local custody record after arrest.

Pretrial detainee

A person held before conviction or sentencing while court action is still pending.

Detainer

A hold from another agency that can block release even when local bond is posted.

Classification

The jail's process for housing people by safety, custody, medical, and legal factors.

Antrim County Inmate Programs

The official inmate-information page lists several programs and services for people held at Antrim County Correctional Facility. AA services are offered to male and female inmates. Church service is offered on Sundays for male and female inmates. Male Bible study is listed for Tuesdays, female Bible study is listed for Wednesdays, and special religious studies are offered every other Thursday for male and female inmates.

The Public Safety Center Sourcebook gives a more difficult picture of available space. It says the current jail does not have enough space for basic operations and services, much less broad programming, community corrections, diversion services, substance-abuse treatment, or expanded mental-health work. The proposed Public Safety Center materials describe flexible and programming space as part of the county's public-safety plan, while keeping the jail bed count at 56.

• AA services for male and female inmates.
• Sunday church service for male and female inmates.
• Tuesday Bible study for male inmates.
• Wednesday Bible study for female inmates.
• Special religious studies every other Thursday for male and female inmates.

Antrim County Jail Conditions

The county's Public Safety Center Sourcebook states that the current 1955 linear jail is deficient and that the county has been informed the jail is not in compliance with state and federal regulations. It identifies stairs to a small booking area, blind spots, deteriorating HVAC and plumbing, exposed conduit concerns, limited technology, limited programming space, inadequate attorney-client visit space, and separation constraints. Those are county planning statements, not third-party claims.

The same materials say the proposed Public Safety Center would retain 56 inmate beds rather than expand the jail for out-of-county revenue. The proposal would add space for emergency management, 911 dispatch, sheriff administration, patrol, investigations, flexible programming, community training, and public-safety operations. For inmate search purposes, the key point is practical: the current facility remains the official local jail unless and until county operations move, so custody questions should still route to Antrim County Correctional Facility and the Sheriff's Office.

Antrim County Jail Directions

Antrim County Correctional Facility is in downtown Bellaire near the county government complex. County tour notices used the jail address at 207 E. Cayuga St. and said parking for those scheduled tours was available in the County Building lot at 203 E. Cayuga. The Sheriff's administrative lobby is listed at 209 Portage Dr., Suite A, so visitors should confirm whether they need the jail door, the Sheriff's lobby, or a nearby court entrance before arriving.

Drivers from the US-131 and Mancelona side generally approach Bellaire through M-88 and local downtown routes. Drivers from Elk Rapids, Torch Lake, Central Lake, or Eastport should use current mapping directions into downtown Bellaire because rural routes and seasonal conditions may vary. No jail-specific public-transit route or ADA entrance description was located in official jail sources.