Osceola County Jail Record Start
No official Osceola County, Michigan online jail roster was located in the county sources reviewed. That is the central fact for Osceola County inmate records. The official county department directory identifies the jail as part of the Sheriff's Department and tells callers to call the Sheriff's Department and ask to be transferred to the jail. The current sheriff page lists Sheriff Mark Cool, the sheriff and jail address at 325 W. Upton Ave., Reed City, MI 49677, and the main phone number, (231) 832-2288. For a recent arrest, that phone transfer is the first local route for current custody.
Search results can be confusing because other places named Osceola publish jail pages, including Osceola County in Florida. Those pages are not the Osceola County Jail in Reed City, Michigan. A current Osceola County inmate record may exist in the jail management system, but the public county site did not provide a searchable form, current inmate list, daily booking report, or public profile page. That means a person checking custody should use the local sheriff phone path first, then FOIA and court tools when the jail cannot release the needed record by phone.
Osceola County Jail
325 W. Upton Ave.
Reed City, MI 49677
(231) 832-2288
Call the Sheriff's Department and ask to be transferred to the jail.
Use Osceola County Custody Channels
Because Osceola County inmate records are not exposed through an official public roster, the search path is a chain. The chain starts with current custody at the jail, then moves to written county records, court case records, state corrections, and federal or immigration locators. Each source answers a different question. The jail can speak to a current booking or transfer path where release is allowed. FOIA can request records held by the county. MiCOURT and the local courts show filed charges after the prosecutor and court act. MDOC OTIS covers state prison, parole, probation, and recent discharge records, not county jail inmates.
- Call (231) 832-2288 and ask for the jail transfer if the arrest may be recent or the person may still be held at Osceola County Jail.
- Prepare a FOIA request if the needed booking record, arrest report, booking photo, bond detail, release date, or incident report is not released informally.
- Search MiCOURT Case Search after charges have had time to reach court.
- Use the 77th District Court for misdemeanor cases, arraignments, bail, and felony preliminary proceedings.
- Use the 49th Circuit Court or County Clerk name-search process for felony circuit matters and register-of-actions copies.
- Search MDOC OTIS after state sentencing, parole, probation, absconder status, or recent discharge.
- Use BOP, the U.S. Marshals Western District of Michigan, ICE Online Detainee Locator, and VINELink when county custody is not the right system.
Important: Osceola County jail custody, MDOC custody, federal custody, and ICE detention are separate systems. A missed search often means the wrong system was checked.
Osceola County Roster Fields
The county roster search-field table is short because no official public search form was found for Osceola County Jail. That absence should not be filled with assumed fields such as booking number, housing unit, bond amount, or mugshot status. Those fields may exist in jail records, but the research did not locate an Osceola County public profile where they can be verified. For a current booking, the practical search fields are the person's name, date of birth if known, date of arrest or booking, arresting agency, and any incident or court number that helps staff or the FOIA coordinator identify the record.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No official Osceola County, Michigan jail roster located | n/a | n/a | The county site does not publish a searchable form. Use sheriff phone transfer and FOIA. |
The official department directory is still useful because it confirms the jail's local routing. The Osceola County department directory shows the jail as part of the Sheriff's Department and gives the transfer instruction that replaces an online roster search for many current-custody questions.
The county directory source is shown here because it documents the phone-transfer route rather than a public roster page.
This directory image supports the Osceola County inmate records workflow: when no roster is posted, the official county instruction is to call the sheriff and ask for jail transfer.
Osceola County Booking Record Fields
A public Osceola County inmate profile was not available to inspect, so the safest record inventory is a request inventory. Ask for the record parts that fit the purpose, and do not assume every item will be released. A booking record is the jail intake record created after arrest and transport. Intake means the early jail process of confirming identity, recording the arresting agency and alleged charges, handling property, creating jail records, taking fingerprints and a booking photo when required, screening for medical or safety concerns, and assigning temporary housing or classification.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Identity | Full name, booking-name variants, and date of birth if releasable. |
| Booking | Booking date, booking time, arresting agency, booking number if assigned, and release date if released. |
| Charges | Arrest or booking charges, statute or citation if available, and whether formal court charges have been filed. |
| Bond | Amount, bond type, court or magistrate setting it, conditions, and payment route if released publicly. |
| Custody Status | In custody, released, transferred, held for another agency, sentenced, or awaiting transfer. |
| Mugshot | Booking photograph requested specifically, subject to Michigan FOIA, MCL 764.26a, and exemptions. |
| Court Cross-reference | District or circuit case number, next hearing, and register-of-actions details when available. |
Booking charges are not the same as court charges. A booking charge is the allegation used during arrest and intake. A court charge is filed or amended through the prosecutor and court. The distinction matters when an Osceola County inmate record says one thing by phone while MiCOURT later shows a different count, status, or case number. For booking-photo specifics, the separate Osceola County jail mugshots page focuses on photo requests and removal rules.
Request Osceola County Jail Records
Osceola County FOIA is the documented path for jail records that are not posted online and are not released through a phone inquiry. The county FOIA public summary says requests to inspect or obtain copies of public records prepared, owned, used, possessed, or retained by the county may be submitted on the county form, in another written form, by fax, by email, by mail or in person, or verbally with the county documenting the request. Written requests should be sent to Tim Ladd, FOIA Coordinator, 602 West Upton Avenue, Reed City, Michigan 49677. The fax number is 231-832-6197, and the email address is oscadmin@osceolacountymi.com.
A clear request should name the person, use date ranges, state the arresting agency if known, and list the records sought. Good wording is direct: booking record, arrest report, booking photograph, release date, bond information, incident report, or jail custody status for a named person arrested or booked on or about a date. Michigan FOIA, including MCL 15.231, MCL 15.233, and MCL 15.234, supports access to public records while allowing exemptions, fees, deposits, and other limits. The county summary says a response is due within five business days, subject to extension and fee rules.
| FOIA Item | Osceola County Detail |
|---|---|
| Coordinator | Tim Ladd, FOIA Coordinator |
| Mail or in-person | 602 West Upton Avenue, Reed City, MI 49677 |
| Fax | 231-832-6197 |
| oscadmin@osceolacountymi.com | |
| Subject line | Use "FOIA" or "FOIA Request" so the request is routed correctly. |
Osceola County Court Record Link
An Osceola County inmate record may answer whether someone is in the jail, but court records answer what has been filed after the arrest. The 77th District Court handles misdemeanors punishable by not more than one year, arraignments, bail, trial, sentencing, and preliminary examinations in felony cases. The court page also says magistrates may set bail and accept bond in criminal matters and may issue arrest and search warrants authorized by the prosecutor or municipal attorney. That makes District Court the first court contact for many recent jail arrests.
Felonies can later move to 49th Circuit Court after bindover or waiver. The county says the 49th Circuit Court handles felony matters, criminal and civil record searches, and related filings. The County Clerk name-search page states that a criminal or civil name search in 49th Circuit Court records costs $5 per name searched, and a Register of Actions copy costs $1 per page if records are found and copies are requested. MiCOURT is useful when a public case has appeared, but a brand-new booking may reach the jail before it reaches the case-search portal.
Custody flow: Arrest -> Osceola County Jail booking -> District Court arraignment or first appearance -> prosecutor review -> possible Circuit Court bindover -> MDOC transfer if sentenced to prison.
Osceola County Inmate Locator Limits
MDOC OTIS is not an Osceola County jail roster. MDOC says OTIS contains information about prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders, and some discharged offenders within its public data window. It excludes county jail and city lockup prisoners, people arrested and convicted but not yet sentenced, jail-only sentences, FOIA-exempt information, and some older or unphotographed records. If a person was arrested yesterday in Osceola County, call the jail. If that person was sentenced to state prison or placed under MDOC supervision, search OTIS.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Does Not Do |
|---|---|---|
| County jail pretrial or short sentence | Osceola County Sheriff's Department phone transfer and FOIA | No official online Osceola County jail roster was located. |
| State prison, parole, or probation | MDOC OTIS | OTIS does not list county jail or city lockup prisoners. |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP inmate locator | BOP is not a county booking or mugshot gallery. |
| Federal pretrial custody | U.S. Marshals Western District of Michigan | Pretrial detainees may be housed in contract jails outside Osceola County. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator and HSI victim-notification resources | ICE ODLS is not an Osceola County jail record source. |
| Custody alerts | VINELink | Use as a notification tool, not a full local booking file. |
MSP ICHAT is another common source of confusion. The Michigan State Police criminal-history page says ICHAT provides public criminal history maintained by MSP, but it excludes warrants, federal records, tribal records, traffic records, juvenile records, local misdemeanors, and criminal history from other states. It is a criminal-history search, not a live Osceola County custody search.
Osceola County Jail Visits
The sheriff page links two detention vendors that help after custody is confirmed. eXpress Account is linked for commissary deposits, care-package orders, bond payments, and bill payments. ICSolutions is linked for video visitation and inmate phone services. The ICSolutions Osceola County Sheriff's Office facility page says all visitors must register at no cost to participate in a video visitation session and that visitors can register at icsolutions.com. It also notes that video visitation can be conducted using an iOS device through ICS Mobile.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Registration | Source Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video visitation | Specific days and times not published in official county pages reviewed | Free registration required through ICSolutions | ICSolutions Osceola page |
| On-site visitation | Not located | Confirm with jail by phone | Call sheriff and ask for jail transfer |
| Attorney visitation | Not located | Confirm with jail or court | No local schedule was located |
| Holiday or lockdown rules | Not located | Confirm before travel | No posted local rule was located |
The ICSolutions Osceola County visitor source confirms the registration route for video visits rather than a public custody roster.
The vendor screenshot belongs with visitation and phone-service planning. It should not be treated as proof of a public Osceola County inmate lookup.
Osceola County Inmate Funds
Money, bond, and phone tools are useful only after a person and custody status have been confirmed. The sheriff page links eXpress Account for commissary deposits, care packages, bond payments, and bill payments, but the county page reviewed did not publish a local service-fee schedule, deposit limit, jail commissary rule sheet, or mail rule. Do not assume that paying a bond through a vendor will cause release if a hold, warrant, detainer, court condition, or another jurisdiction is involved. A detainer is another agency's request or hold that can affect release after local bond is paid.
| Service | Vendor or Office | What the Source Says | Fee Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commissary deposit | eXpress Account | Sheriff links vendor for deposits to an inmate commissary account. | Not published on county page |
| Care packages | eXpress Account | Sheriff links vendor for care-package orders. | Not published on county page |
| Bond payments | eXpress Account and court confirmation | Sheriff links vendor for bond payments, but court or jail should confirm amount and release effect. | Not published on county page |
| Phone services | ICSolutions | Sheriff links ICSolutions for inmate phone services. | PPI lists a $3.15 call price, but current fees should be verified with the vendor. |
| Video visitation | ICSolutions | Visitors register through ICSolutions, with iOS mobile access noted. | Not published on county page |
Public counter service hours on the sheriff page are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for pistol purchase permits, sex offender registry updates or verifications, and non-court-related fingerprinting. That detail does not establish jail visitation hours. Confirm visit rules, valid ID needs, mail format, and prohibited items with the jail or ICSolutions before travel.
Osceola County Jail Terms
Short terms help separate jail, court, and corrections records. A term may appear in a phone call, FOIA response, court register, or state locator result.
- Booking
- Jail intake record created after arrest and transport.
- Arraignment
- Early court step where charges and rights are addressed and bail may be set.
- PR bond
- Personal recognizance release based on a written promise and court conditions rather than full cash deposit.
- Detainer
- Another agency's request or hold that may affect release from Osceola County Jail.
- Register of Actions
- Court docket summary of filings, hearings, and case events.
- OTIS
- Michigan Department of Corrections public offender search for state prisoners, parolees, probationers, and certain discharged offenders.
Osceola County Community Corrections is also distinct from the jail. The county page lists pretrial release and day reporting, jail work crew, electronic monitoring, probation residential services, and community service work. Those programs can affect custody and supervision, but they are not an online jail roster.
Osceola County App Status
Research found local reporting that Osceola County approved a three-year OCV LLC SHERIFFapp contract in February 2026. Reported possible features included emergency alerts, push notifications, social media integration, inmate searches, bail and commissary payments, anonymous tips, news and events, contact information, and local sex-offender access. The research did not locate an official App Store or Google Play listing for a live Osceola County, Michigan sheriff app. For inmate records, that means the app should be treated as a possible future channel, not as a confirmed current jail roster.
Note: Until the sheriff's official page or app stores confirm live inmate-search features, use phone transfer, FOIA, MiCOURT, OTIS, BOP, ICE, and VINELink.