Ogemaw County Jail

Ogemaw County Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 989-345-5908

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Ogemaw County Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 912 W Houghton Ave West Branch, MI which is operated locally by the Ogemaw County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Ogemaw County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the West Branch Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

The Ogemaw County Correctional Facility contains 144 beds and is considered a podular remote design. A Correctional Facility (Jail or Prison) is considered full when it reaches 80% of its intended capacity; this allows bed space for changes in the inmate classification process. The building's design has 8 single person maximum security cells, 28 two person medium security cells, 88 beds that are dormitory style pods.

Programs include NA, Work Release, Weekender, church services, bible study, etc

Inmate phone service through Securus. FIfteen-minute calls are $21.22. With an InmateAid number, we can get the same 15-minute call for $3.15 (save $18.07 per call). Click here to check it out.

Incoming Mail:

Incoming mail will be delivered Monday through Saturday excluding holidays. Outgoing mail will be picked up by 9 A.M. Monday through Saturday. There are no limitations on the volume of lawful mail that an inmate may send or receive. Inmates may have up to twelve pieces of mail in their possession, with the exception of legal mail. Any additional mail shall be kept in the inmate’s property bag. Length, language, and content shall not be restricted except when there is a reasonable suspicion to justify restrictions for reasons of public safety, facility order and security.

• Outgoing mail shall bear only the name of the sender, address, city, state, and zip code. All mail shall be stamped by Correctional Staff informing the recipient the mail is from an inmate at the Ogemaw County Correctional Facility.
• All outgoing mail shall be in a standard or legal sized stamped envelope provided through commissary. No homemade envelopes shall be allowed.
• Envelopes, which contain drawings, cartoons, messages, symbols, etc. on the exterior surfaces, will be rejected.
• No contraband or food items shall be sent out

Incoming mail shall be as follows: Inmate’s name Ogemaw County Correctional Facility 912 W. Houghton Ave. West Branch, MI 48661 Legal mail shall be marked as "Legal Mail.” Incoming legal mail will be opened and inspected by correctional staff in the presence of the inmate. Incoming mail must have senders complete name and address on envelope/postcard. Mail (letters) may be disapproved for outgoing or incoming mail if the letter contains the following:
• Drawings of nude, obscene or sexually explicit material
• Stamps or stickers or items glued to the postcard or envelope
• Correspondence that is in code • Inter-institutional correspondence
• Threats of blackmail or extortion
• Threats of physical harm against any person or threats of criminal activity
• Information, which if communicated, would create a risk of violence and/or physical harm to any person
• Plans to escape, or depictions or descriptions of blueprints or operational details on an institution’s security
• Plans for activities in violation of facility rules, or for criminal activity

Whenever mail is disapproved, the inmate shall be notified of the reason(s) for the disapproval, in writing with an explanation on the "Mail Withheld” form. Rejected material will be stored with the inmate’s personal property in the property room. Inmates shall not write letters to persons with whom there is an active "No Contact Order”, a "Personal Protection Order or are Co-Defendants.

Commissary Money can be deposited into an inmates account by bringing in a money order Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. You can mail a money order in the mail with the inmates first and last name. You can bring money into the lobby and put it in the Kiosk you must have I.D. to put money in the Kiosk or you can go online to GovPayNow.com to put money on an inmates account.

visitation Info

Ogemaw County Jail – Visitation

Internal Visitations are conducted Monday or Fridays from 9:30 am until 3:30 pm with varying time slots. They are 30 minutes in length, recorded and monitored. To schedule a visit go to jailatm.com and follow the prompts. Visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance and you must arrive 10 minutes prior to your scheduled time to be checked in.

External visitations are now available! External visits can be done through your home computer, tablet or smartphone by scheduling with www.jailatm.com. External visits are conducted on Saturdays or Sundays from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm with varying time slots and are also recorded and monitored. Please note: inmates are only allowed one visit per week and there are no visitation time slots available during lunch services at the facility.

Visitation Rules

Upon transfer to general population of the facility, all inmates, except those sentenced for less than seven days, will be allowed visitation. Visitation will be scheduled on Saturday and Sunday for 30-minute increments. Visits are no contact and shall be conducted through video visitation. The following rules and regulations shall apply to visitation: 

• Inmates shall be responsible for notifying all visitors of their visitation schedule. 
• Visitors must be 17 or older or accompanied by an adult. 
• Visitor(s) shall not have been incarcerated in the Ogemaw County Jail within the last 30 days. 
• Visiting shall be restricted to two visitors at a time. 
• All visitors must present valid picture I.D. 
• Inmates shall instruct their visitor to show up 15 minutes before the visit is to start. 
• Visiting privileges may be suspended for security and safety reasons or bad conduct. 
• All inmates shall have their living area clean and be fully dressed prior to their visit. 
• Visitors shall be attired properly to enter the facility, low cut shirts, short skirts, or any clothing determined to be revealing by the correctional staff shall not be permitted to visit. 
• Inmates shall remain seated during their visit. 
• Tampering or intentional abuse or misuse of the video visitation equipment shall result in disciplinary action, restitution and immediate termination of visit. 
• Inmates shall leave the visiting booth promptly at the end of their visiting period. Failure to leave promptly may result in the loss of future visits. 
• Visitation phones shall automatically shut off at the end of 30 minutes. 
• If a visitor is denied access to the visiting area for any reason, inmates shall be notified of the visitor’s name and the reason for denial. 
• Correctional Staff will not deliver messages or any other form of correspondence of any type. 
• The Ogemaw County Correctional Facility reserves the right not to permit visitors or to end visits prematurely for just cause. 
• Inmates and Visitors shall not expose themselves sexually to one another-this will result in loss of visitation privileges. 
• All visitations are recorded 

Inmate items allowed to be left by visitors 
• Cash and Credit Cards deposits into your account through the Cobra Cashier. 
No checks will be accepted. 
• Eyeglasses and case 
• Prescriptions