Macomb County Jail Inmate Lookup

Macomb County Jail Overview

Macomb County Jail is operated by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Anthony M. Wickersham, at the sheriff's complex in Mt. Clemens. It is the local jail for Macomb County arrests, including arrests by sheriff's deputies and municipal police agencies that book people into county custody. The jail is not a state prison. It holds people who are newly booked, waiting for arraignment, waiting for bond or release processing, serving local jail sentences, held on warrants or detainers, or awaiting transfer to another authority.

The public service pages for the jail are split across several official county pages rather than one single manual. The county has a Locate an inmate page for the official JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud roster, a jail services hub, separate pages for bond, mail, inmate services, visitation, and a Sheriff's Records Office page. That layout matters because a family member may need more than the roster: the inmate number for mail, the bond amount and case numbers for release, the video visit scheduler, or a records request when the online roster is not enough.

The county is also rebuilding the jail campus through the Central Intake and Assessment Center project. County releases describe the CIAC as a modern intake, assessment, medical, mental-health, detox, court intake, pretrial, and housing project. It is intended to replace aging jail areas and change the front end of the custody process from simple holding space toward centralized screening, assessment, and treatment when appropriate.

The county's official sheriff location page shows the jail and Sheriff's Office at 43565 Elizabeth Road in Mt. Clemens, with the main public phone number 586-469-5151. The county jail is close to the Mount Clemens court and county-government corridor, so bond, court, and records errands may involve more than one county office even when the custody location is the jail.

Macomb County Jail Capacity and Population

Macomb County's current daily jail population was not located in the official text sources reviewed for this build, so this page does not estimate an average daily population or incarceration rate. The best sourced jail capacity figure in the research is tied to the CIAC project. The county's July 19, 2024 groundbreaking release says the project will add 278 cell beds and bring the total to 1,178 beds when complete, with completion expected in mid-2027. Search snippets from older official annual reports show a rated design capacity of 1,242 in 2018 and 1,201 in 2019, while a 2024 annual-report snippet refers to expanded capacity of 1,188 inmates. Because the direct county CIAC release is cleaner for the new project, the table below uses the 1,178-bed figure and treats current daily population as not located.

Historical official snippets provide useful scale. The 2018 Sheriff's Office annual-report snippet listed 16,769 bookings, including 12,657 males and 4,112 females, with 39 percent felony charges, 46 percent misdemeanor charges, and 15 percent non-public or miscellaneous matters. A 2019 snippet listed 16,407 new prisoners. Those figures describe annual intake volume, not a current head count on any given day.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Macomb County Jail

The correct online path for current county-jail custody is the official Macomb County Locate an inmate page, which links to the JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud roster for Macomb_Co_MI. The county page says to use JailTracker to look up an inmate and warns that the Sheriff's Office will not call demanding fees, gift cards, bitcoin, or other payment by phone. If a caller claims to be collecting money for the jail, verify directly with 586-469-5151 before paying anything.

1. Open the county Locate an inmate page and read the scam warning before following the official roster link.
2. Open the JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud locator and search using the name or number fields shown by the live roster.
3. Confirm the person is listed for Macomb County Jail custody, not a state prison, federal prison, or old court case.
4. Use the profile to collect the inmate number, case numbers, bond or fine amount, and other listed status details before mailing, depositing funds, or posting bond.

The roster did not fully text-render in the research environment, so this page does not claim exact field labels or promise every visible field. County pages confirm that inmate name, inmate number, case numbers for charges, and bond or fine amount are needed for related jail tasks. If the roster is down, incomplete, or no longer lists the person, call the jail at 586-469-5151 or use the Sheriff's Records Office and FOIA path at records.mcso@macombcountymi.gov.

Use the right system for the custody type. Macomb County JailTracker covers people in Macomb County Jail. Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS covers state prisoners, parolees, and probationers under MDOC supervision, and it does not cover county-jail-only inmates. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through the Bureau of Prisons locator, while ICE custody uses the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. MI-VINE can also be used for custody-status and criminal-case notifications in Michigan.

Macomb County Jail Address and Contact

For general prisoner information, start with the main jail and Sheriff's Office number. The Records Office is the fallback for proof of incarceration, incident reports after the local waiting period, and written FOIA requests for sheriff records that are not available through the online roster. Bond questions use a different phone number, and inmate-funds questions use the jail services number published by the county.

Bond office questions are directed to 586-307-9612. Inmate funds questions are directed to 586-307-9542, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. The official sheriff location page lists sheriff@macombsheriff.com for the Sheriff's Office. Proof of incarceration costs $4 and requires photo identification according to the records-office research.

Visiting Someone at Macomb County Jail

Macomb County Jail friend and family visits are video-based. The county page says the first visit of the week is free and later visits have a fee. Scheduling is handled through ICSolutions or 888-506-8407. Visitors must register at least 24 hours before the visit but no more than two weeks in advance, and the ICSolutions schedule says onsite visits must be scheduled 6 to 312 hours in advance. Check in 15 minutes before an onsite visit and bring valid picture ID, except for children under 17 who must be accompanied by an authorized adult. Proper attire is required, and disruptive behavior can suspend or terminate visiting privileges.

Remote video visits use the ICSolutions account schedule. The county notes that internet problems during offsite visits are not refunded. Hospital visits are treated differently: a visiting pass must be obtained from the Prisoner Information Office and presented to the hospital deputy, and ordinary limits apply unless the person is in critical or intensive care.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Macomb County Jail

Mail to a person in Macomb County Jail must include the person's name and inmate number. The county mail page directs users back to the inmate-number lookup if the number is unknown. Legal and privileged mail is opened in the inmate's presence and checked for contraband. Other incoming mail is checked before delivery. The county prohibits items such as stamps, food, checks, bills, receipts, envelopes, labels, oversized cards, Polaroids, magnets, stickers, ribbon, explicit material, and content that threatens safety, security, order, or violates other rules.

Money cannot be sent by mail. Deposits can be made online or by phone through TouchPay, online or by phone through JPay, or in person at the jail lobby kiosk by cash or credit card. The county lists a $400 maximum inmate account balance. Care packages use MyCarePack. Since July 1, 2021, soft-cover books can only be ordered by the inmate through commissary, while prepaid magazines and newspapers can be mailed directly from the publisher.

Booking and Intake at Macomb County Jail

A typical Macomb County jail booking begins after an arrest by the Sheriff's Office or one of the local police agencies that brings the person to county custody. Jail staff identify the arrestee, record the booking, assign an inmate number, secure property, conduct searches and safety checks, collect booking information, arrange phone access, screen for medical and mental-health needs, classify the person for housing, and determine whether bond, court release, transfer, or continued custody applies. The county did not publish a roster refresh rate, so do not assume the online listing updates immediately after arrest or release.

Property release is locally documented. In-custody inmates may release valuable property only during incarceration, such as keys, pagers, cell phones, wallets, and jewelry. Clothing items such as pants, shirts, and shoes are not treated as valuables in the county text. Property release is Sunday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. When an inmate transfers to prison, property is boxed and held for 14 days before disposal if an authorized person does not retrieve it.

About Macomb County Jail

The jail's current public story is tied closely to the Central Intake and Assessment Center. The county's July 19, 2024 release says construction began on a $228 million project with no tax increase and expected completion in mid-2027. The project includes demolition of older jail areas, additional beds, centralized intake and assessment, robust pretrial services, and new medical and mental-health spaces. The county's January 18, 2024 update described a project with a public lobby, secure passage, staff support, intake and release, court intake housing, medical and mental health, community corrections, and general population housing.

The jail also has service and program details that matter for families. County inmate-services materials identify trustee work opportunities, community corrections, medical, dental, and psychological care through Wellpath, correctional education through L'Anse Creuse, substance-abuse treatment through Clinton Counseling, jail ministry, tablet funds, phone service, care packages, and property-release procedures. Those programs do not change the custody lookup path, but they explain why the jail services pages are useful after a person is found on the roster.

The CIAC groundbreaking page documents the jail modernization project and its intake, medical, mental-health, and pretrial-service goals. The screenshot below is from the county's July 19, 2024 CIAC groundbreaking release.

That county release is the clearest source for the 1,178-bed post-project figure used on this page, while older annual-report snippets are treated as historical capacity context.