Ingham County Correctional Facility Inmate Search

Ingham County Correctional Facility Overview

Ingham County Correctional Facility is operated by the Ingham County Sheriff's Office and serves as the adult county jail at the Justice Complex in Mason. It holds adult pretrial detainees, people sentenced to serve time in county jail, and other local custody populations accepted by the sheriff. Michigan law places custody of the county jail and prisoners with the sheriff, so jail housing, conduct rules, intake, visitation, and release operations are separate from the courts even though court orders drive many custody decisions.

The sheriff's history page describes the modern Justice Complex as a $79 million, 169,000-square-foot project that includes a 429-bed jail. Construction was completed in January 2023, non-jail sheriff operations moved on January 30, 2023, and inmate housing moved on February 16, 2023. The same history page contains slightly different prisoner-move counts in different places, so the safest fixed capacity figure is the official 429-bed jail capacity rather than a current population count.

The sheriff corrections page is the starting point for local facility rules, while the Ingham County Inmate Locator is the public search point for current adult jail custody. The locator does not cover juveniles in Youth Center custody, people already transferred to the Michigan Department of Corrections, federal prisoners in Bureau of Prisons custody, or immigration detainees after transfer to ICE detention.

Ingham County Correctional Facility Capacity and Population

The most reliable published capacity for the new jail is 429 beds from the sheriff's official history page. Older county materials describe the former jail and project planning with other capacity figures, but the research file identifies the sheriff history page as the controlling source for the current Justice Complex. No official public dashboard with a live adult jail population count was located, and the current census should not be inferred from rated capacity.

The facility replaced a long-used county jail complex after a 2018 millage and several years of construction. For a current population figure, use a dated manual roster review or a current county or sheriff report. That distinction matters because a jail can have fixed rated capacity while daily population changes with arrests, court releases, transfers, bond postings, holds, and sentenced jail commitments.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Ingham County Correctional Facility

Use the Ingham County Inmate Locator for current adult custody at the correctional facility. The search page has a name tab and an inmate-number tab, plus a secure captcha that must be completed before results can be returned. The visitor packet says information on currently incarcerated prisoners is available through this system and specifically notes that juvenile inmates do not appear in the Automated Information System.

1. Open the Ingham County Inmate Locator and choose the Name tab or Inmate Number tab.
2. For a name search, enter the last name and add the first name when available to narrow common-name results.
3. For a number search, use the inmate number from jail mail, phone, booking, court, or prior custody paperwork.
4. Complete the captcha, run the search, and confirm that the person is in adult Ingham County jail custody.

If the person is not listed, check common failure points before assuming the record is missing. The person may still be in intake, may have been released, may be in juvenile detention, may have been transferred to MDOC after sentencing, may be held in another county, or may be in federal or immigration custody. For state prison, use MDOC OTIS. For custody notifications, use Michigan VINE, the toll-free VINE line, or the VINELink app named in the visitor packet.

Ingham County Correctional Facility Address and Contact

The correctional facility visitor address is 640 N. Cedar Street in Mason. The sheriff page directs visitors to Cedar Street exit 66 off US-127, then east on Cedar Street to Curtis Street, with the visitor lobby through door number 2. The sheriff footer and some legal-mail formats also use the broader sheriff complex address at 630 N. Cedar Street, so use the address required by the specific task: 640 N. Cedar Street for the correctional facility and ordinary facility directions, and the published legal-mail format when sending privileged legal correspondence.

Health-care and medication questions are handled through the Medical Department at 517-676-8359 because medical information is confidential. Clergy visitation orientation runs through the chaplain's office at 517-676-8216. Smart Communications support and SmartJailMail are used for communications services, while Express Account is used for deposits, bond-fee payments, and care packages.

Visiting Someone at Ingham County Correctional Facility

Family and friend visits at the adult jail are video visits. Under normal circumstances, an inmate is allowed one weekly free on-site video visit at the correctional facility or Human Services Building terminals. Remote video visits may be available daily depending on classification, terminal availability, lockdowns, quiet times, feeding times, and safety decisions. Visitors should schedule in advance through SmartJailMail or facility terminals because visits are first come, first served and can be restricted by housing conditions.

On-site visitors must provide a home address, telephone number, and a valid driver's license, government ID card, or other valid picture identification. The public visitation lobby is closed during published county holidays and from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. for visitation purposes.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Ingham County Correctional Facility

The jail moved to digital mail on April 1, 2023. Ordinary personal mail is not sent to the Mason jail address; it goes to a Mail Processing Center in Seminole, Florida. The visitor packet says ordinary U.S. mail addressed to 640 N. Cedar Street will be returned and not forwarded. Legal mail, government mail, and approved books use different formats, so senders should match the published category rather than reusing one address for every item.

Express Account is also tied to ICARE care packages and commissary. Commissary occurs twice weekly, with Monday orders for Wednesday delivery and Wednesday orders for Saturday delivery. Inmate plus ICARE orders must total $100 or less per ordering day. The visitor packet gives bond-fee transaction charges of 6% plus $4.00 for cash payments and 10% plus $10.00 for credit-card bond payments through the listed channels.

Booking, Intake, FOIA, and VINE

Booking normally follows arrest by a local law-enforcement agency and transport to the Ingham County Correctional Facility if the person is accepted for county jail custody. Intake can include identity processing, property handling, medical and mental-health screening, classification, initial communication access, bond/payment steps, and assignment to housing. No official source in the research gave a fixed number of minutes or hours for booking, so recent arrests may need time before appearing in the locator.

When the locator does not answer a records question, use the sheriff's FOIA Requests page and the linked Ingham County FOIA Center. A useful request identifies the person's name, approximate booking date, date of birth if known, incident or case number if known, and the exact jail record or booking photo requested. Court records are routed to court systems rather than sheriff FOIA, so use Ingham court search tools for charges, hearings, and official case events.

VINE is a separate custody-notification tool, not a replacement for the jail roster. The visitor packet describes VINE as free, confidential, and multilingual, with access by 866-277-7477, vinelink.com, or the VINELink mobile app. It is useful for custody-status notification after a person is found, especially when victims or family members need release or transfer alerts.

Medical, Treatment, Programs, and Facility History

Medical care in the new facility is provided through VitalCore Health Strategies, and the visitor packet directs confidential health questions to the Medical Department rather than general family calls. Correctional Assessment and Treatment Services, or CATS, provides outpatient behavioral-health and substance-use services at no cost to jail inmates. Referral paths include inmate kites, family or friend recommendations, court or supervision orders, and referrals from medical, mental-health, or community partners.

The education and programming page lists GED instruction, ARISE, the Lansing Community College Battery Boot Camp, MRT-Breakout, Seeking Safety, reentry planning, clergy connections, and jail ministry partnerships. These details fit the facility's longer local history: the sheriff history page describes earlier jail designs around segregation, education, and rehabilitation, and the 2023 Justice Complex continues that practical focus with dedicated programming, medical, and court-adjacent space.