Clinton County MI Jail

County Jail

Last Updated: August 10, 2021
Address
1347 E Townsend Rd, St. Johns, MI 48879
Beds
220
County
Clinton
Phone
866-932-6506
Fax
989-227-0461

Clinton Co Jail is for County Jail offenders sentenced up to twenty four months.

All prisons and jails have Security or Custody levels depending on the inmate’s classification, sentence, and criminal history. Please review the rules and regulations for County - medium facility.

The phone carrier is Securus Tech®, to see their rates and best-calling plans for your inmate to call you.

If you are unsure of your inmate's location, you can search and locate your inmate by typing in their last name, first name or first initial, and/or the offender ID number to get their accurate information immediately Registered Offenders

Satellite View of Clinton County MI Jail

You can support your loved ones at Clinton Co Jail on InmateAid, if you have any immediate questions contact the facility directly at 866-932-6506.

When someone you care about gets locked up, it's tough to figure out all the ins and outs of jail life. From sending mail to visiting, there are a lot of things to sort out. And getting info about the arrest? Not always easy. That's where this webpage comes in handy. It's here to help you get a handle on how things work at Clinton County MI Jail so you can stay connected and support your loved one behind bars.

The Clinton Co Jail is a detention center located at 1347 E Townsend Rd St. Johns, MI which is operated locally by the Clinton 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. Clinton County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, St. Johns Police Department, and the US Marshal's Service.

New detainees arrive at the jail regularly, with some being released on bail, placed under pretrial services caseloads, supervised by probation agencies, or released on recognizance with a court appearance agreement. Those who are not released await their court appearances at the jail, receiving accommodations including bedding and meals. You can see all the arrest records for Michigan here.

Many inmates are County residents, yet a number of the inmates are boarders which are received from the federal, state, and other county governments, which offsets Clinton County's debt and operating cost of the jail. Since the County was paying other counties to board prisoners and was continually overcrowded, the County Commission in 1990 decided to build a jail which would house additional Clinton County prisoners and allow for growth. The jail, which was built in 1991, had a design rated capacity of 186 inmates, while the old jail held only 42 prisoners. A renovation and addition took place in 2004, which created a bigger kitchen area and added 30 beds, bringing the jail capacity to 216. In 2012, 20 more beds were added allowing for the housing of up to 236 individuals.

Inmate Calls - The Clinton County Jail provides the ability for inmates to make phones calls using Securus Technologies. Learn how to set up an account for an inmate and deposit funds. Inmate phone service fifteen-minute calls are $16.54. With an InmateAid number, we can get the same 15-minute call for $3.15 (save $13.39 per call). Click here to check it out.

Mail Policies

Clinton County Jail will go to receiving Postcards ONLY for all inmate personal mail.
Postcards must be:

  • plain, white in color,
  • no larger than 5"x7",
  • nothing affixed to the postcard - no ribbons, glue, tape, lipstick, stickers, etc.
  • they must be metered/prepaid - no stamps - no photos.

NO social mail will be accepted.
Books/Magazines/Newspapers MUST come directly from the publisher.
Books are limited to one package of no more than (2) books per week.
Books or Magazines containing content that may create a threat to jail order, safety and security, or contain sexual, racial, gang references, ethnic profanity (and the like) are prohibited.

Inmate Locator

To utilize the Inmate Search page on InmateAid, begin by selecting the relevant prison facility in Michigan. This allows you to view the current list of inmates housed at Clinton County MI Jail.

The second section features the InmateAid Inmate Search tool, providing a user-generated database of inmates. You can access this resource to utilize any of InmateAid's services. If you require assistance in creating an inmate profile to maintain communication, please contact us at aid@inmateaid.com, and we'll gladly help you locate your loved one.

As a last resort, you might have to pay for that information if we do not have it. The Arrest Record Search will cost you a small amount, but their data is the freshest available and for that reason, they charge to access it.

Visitation Information

Clinton Co Jail - Visitation

Times and days are subject to change without notice

  • Monday 8:30 am - 4 pm
  • Thursday 9 am - 4 pm
  • Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
  • Saturday 10 am - 3:30 pm
  • Sunday 10 am - 3:30 pm
  • All federal holidays

This facility may also have a video visitation option, please call 866-932-6506 for more information, alerts, or scheduling changes.

Ask The Inmate

Ask a former inmate questions at no charge. The inmate answering has spent considerable time in the federal prison system, state and county jails, and in a prison that was run by the private prison entity CCA. Ask your question or browse previous questions in response to comments or further questions of members of the InmateAid community.