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Osceola County Jail Overview

Osceola County Jail is operated by the Osceola County Sheriff's Office. The county describes the sheriff's office as the agency that provides law enforcement, corrections, and court services, and the sheriff page lists jail inmate processing among its programs. Sheriff Mark Cool is listed as the current sheriff on the county page and on the Michigan Sheriffs' Association county listing.

The jail is the local custody point for people booked by Osceola County law enforcement. That group can include people waiting for arraignment, people held after bond is set, sentenced misdemeanants, local holds, and people waiting for transfer after court action. The jail should not be confused with a state prison. Once a person is sentenced to Michigan Department of Corrections custody, the search moves to MDOC OTIS, not the county jail.

The official county department directory confirms that the jail is part of the Sheriff's Department. It does not list a separate public jail roster, a booking gallery, or a direct online inmate search. Callers are told to contact the sheriff's office and ask to be transferred to the jail. That phone-transfer path matters in Osceola County because many county-jail facts that other counties publish online must be confirmed through the jail, court, FOIA process, or a vendor account.

The county directory screenshot shows the public jail contact path from the official county site. The image below comes from the Osceola County department directory and matches the research finding that the jail is routed through the sheriff.

Use that directory as a location and routing source, not as a jail roster. It confirms the official channel but does not show current inmate names or booking records.

Osceola County Jail Population

No official county or MDOC source reviewed for Osceola County Jail published a rated bed capacity, current jail count, housing-unit list, or public population dashboard. That gap should be treated carefully. A commercial directory capacity figure should not be used, and a current population count should not be guessed from old data.

The strongest population-related item in the research is a Prison Policy Initiative phone-rate table. It lists Osceola County Jail with ICSolutions as the phone provider, a $3.15 call price, and an average daily population of 69. The table is useful for context about phone service and average daily population, but it is not an official jail-capacity source and should not be read as a bed count.

People counted in the Osceola County Jail population are local jail inmates, not state prisoners housed in MDOC prisons. Community Corrections is also separate from the jail building. That office handles pretrial release, day reporting, jail work crew, electronic monitoring, probation residential services, and community service work, but those programs are not the same as a public jail roster.

Osceola County Jail Lookup Steps

There is no official online Osceola County, Michigan jail roster in the county sources reviewed. Search results for Osceola County can point to Florida or other states, so confirm that any page you use is for Osceola County, Michigan before relying on it. For current custody at Osceola County Jail, the best first path is the sheriff phone transfer, followed by a written FOIA request if the record is not released by phone.

1. Call the Osceola County Sheriff's Office and ask to be transferred to the jail. Give the person's full name, date of birth if known, and arrest date or agency if you have it.
2. If the jail cannot release the record by phone, use the county FOIA path. Describe the booking record, arrest report, bond information, release date, or booking photo you need.
3. Search MiCOURT Case Search after charges are filed. District court records can show arraignment, bail, preliminary examination, and misdemeanor case activity.
4. Use MDOC OTIS only for sentenced prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders, and certain discharged offenders. MDOC says OTIS does not include county jail or city lockup inmates.
5. For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator for sentenced federal prisoners and the U.S. Marshals Western District of Michigan for federal pretrial questions when appropriate.
6. For immigration custody, search the ICE Online Detainee Locator or use the federal victim-notification resources linked from the sheriff page.
7. Use VINELink for custody-status notification where Michigan and the holding agency make a record available.

A detainer is a request or notice from another agency asking the jail to hold or notify before release. A person can have a local Osceola County case and still be wanted by another court, state agency, federal agency, or immigration authority. Ask the jail or court which agency controls the next step before posting bond or planning a pickup.

Osceola County Jail Contact

The jail and sheriff's office share the official public address listed by the county. The department directory says the jail is part of the Sheriff's Department and tells callers to ask for a transfer. For records, reports, or booking details that are not provided through routine phone contact, Osceola County's FOIA summary names the county FOIA coordinator process.

FOIA requests may be made on the county form, by another written request such as a letter, fax, or email, or verbally. The county public summary says a response is due within five business days after receipt, subject to extension and fee rules. Use "FOIA Request" in the email subject line or fax cover page, and be specific about the person, date, incident number, arresting agency, and record type.

Osceola County Jail Visits

The sheriff page links video visitation to ICSolutions, and the ICSolutions Osceola visitor page says all visitors must register at no cost before using the system. The official sources reviewed did not publish a public schedule by day or hour. Because the jail can change visit access, registration status, and check-in rules, confirm the current process with the jail or ICSolutions before planning a visit.

The ICSolutions visitor page for Osceola County Sheriff's Office is the best vendor source found for registration. It does not replace jail confirmation for local rules such as dress, check-in timing, visitor limits, or whether a person is eligible for visits.

Note: Confirm custody, visit approval, and current visit access before traveling to the jail or opening a paid service account.

Osceola County Jail Money

The sheriff page links eXpress Account for commissary deposits, care package ordering, bond payments, and bill payments. It also links ICSolutions for video visitation and phone service. The research did not locate official Osceola County mail rules, deposit fees, care package limits, or a posted inmate-address format, so those details should be confirmed before sending funds, mail, or packages.

Bond can be set by the court or magistrate, and the 77th District Court page describes arraignments, bail, and preliminary examinations. Before using a vendor payment path, verify that the person is still at Osceola County Jail, the bond has not changed, and the payment route will be accepted for that case. A release can also be delayed by another hold.

Osceola County Jail Booking

Booking at Osceola County Jail follows the local county-jail process after an arrest. The official sheriff page names jail inmate processing as a sheriff function, but it does not publish a step-by-step booking desk policy. In practical terms, booking records may include identity information, arresting agency, booking date and time, charges, bond, release status, and a booking photograph if one is created and releasable.

A public online record for Osceola County Jail was not available to inspect, so do not assume a public profile shows a mugshot, booking number, charge list, housing unit, court date, or release date. Ask for the specific item you need. For a booking photo, cite the booking photograph in the request, because Michigan law treats release and website removal of booking photographs separately from other public-record issues.

Once charges are filed, the court record becomes a second way to track the case. The 77th District Court handles misdemeanor arraignments, bail, preliminary examinations in felony cases, and acceptance of bond. Felony cases can later move to the 49th Circuit Court. Custody status and court status are linked, but they are not the same record.

About Osceola County Jail

Osceola County Jail sits within the sheriff's office system rather than a separate county corrections department. The sheriff page lists the public office at the same W. Upton Avenue location and includes detention-related links for commissary, care packages, bond payments, bill payments, video visitation, phone service, and victim-notification resources. Those links are important because the county does not publish a current-inmate web roster.

The broader local custody network includes the courthouse at 301 W. Upton Avenue, the 77th District Court, the 49th Circuit Court, the prosecutor, Community Corrections, and state parole/probation. For a current county-jail inmate, start with the jail. For a sentenced state prisoner, use MDOC OTIS. For a federal prisoner, use BOP. For immigration detention, use ICE. For notification, use VINELink when a record is available.