Houghton County Jail

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Houghton 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: 906-482-0055

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Houghton County Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 403 E Houghton Ave Houghton, MI which is operated locally by the Houghton 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. Houghton County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Houghton Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

Inmate Calls

Inmate phone service through Securus. Fifteen-minute calls are $15.75. With an InmateAid number, we can get the same 15-minute call for $3.15 (save $12.60 per call). Click here to check it out.

Work Camp

In 1989, Public Act 511 was approved by the Legislature to begin a process of an alternative to prison and jail called Community Corrections.

In March of 1991, Tri-County Community Corrections representing Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw Counties proposed a comprehensive plan which was approved for funding. This plan has had continuous approval since that time.
When our first plan was approved in 1991, it is believed we were the first to implement it in the state. We began a very popular Community Service Program by releasing four felons from jail to perform community service work. In spite of these early releases, we still experienced jail crowding, thus resulting in ten offenders being housed in other facilities.

At this point we applied for and received a $243,000 grant for a Work Camp facility. Again, Tri-County was the first to apply for and receive Work Camp allocated monies. The Work Camp was opened on October 4, 1991 and has remained open since. At present, Houghton County houses all of Baraga County inmates.

Throughout the years, since our camp opened, we have had the opportunity to entertain several State of Michigan dignitaries including Governor John Engler, MDOC Director Kenneth McGinnis, and Deputy Director Robert Steinman. All see the significance of what the Work Camp has accomplished, and the progress that has occurred over the last several years.

visitation Info

PRISON_NAME – Visitation at PRISON_ADDRESS, PRISON_CITY, PRISON_STATE_ABBR

Monday 9am – 6pm
Tuesday 9am – 6pm
Wednesday 9am – 6pm
Thursday 9am – 6pm
Friday 9am – 6pm

All visits are non-contact and conducted through a glass partition. This facility may also have a video visitation option, please call PRISON_PHONE for more information and updates to the current rules and regulations.

Inmates are allowed 2 visitors per day