Gratiot County Jail Roster Overview
The Gratiot County Sheriff's Office runs the Gratiot County jail and posts a public inmate roster online. Sheriff Tom Clark leads the office, and the Gratiot County Jail sits just east of the main courthouse in downtown Ithaca. The roster runs on a hosted JailTracker platform and lists people currently booked into the county jail. It updates as staff process new bookings and releases, so a name can appear or drop within hours. The jail division works around the clock, which keeps custody data moving day and night. You can open the Gratiot County inmate roster without an account or a fee. Details on the jail and its services also sit on the county sheriff's office page.
The Gratiot County roster covers the local jail only. It does not list people sent to state prison, held in federal custody, or booked in another county. Someone transferred to the Michigan Department of Corrections drops off the Gratiot County list and shows up in the state system instead. Federal detainees appear in a separate national locator. A blank result does not always mean a person was never held. It can also mean they already left county custody.
How to Use the Gratiot County Inmate Roster
The public roster link opens the live JailTracker view for Gratiot County. The Gratiot County list loads inside the browser and lets you search current bookings by name. No login is needed, and the tool works on a phone or a computer. Keep the spelling handy, since a small typo can hide a match.
- Open the Gratiot County jail roster in a web browser and let the list load.
- Type the last name in the search box, then add the first name to narrow a common surname.
- Review the matching bookings and check the booking date to confirm the right person.
- Select a name to open the full profile with charges, bond, and custody status.
If a name does not show, wait and try again later. New Gratiot County bookings can take time to post, and a person may still be in intake.
Gratiot County Roster Search Fields
The Gratiot County roster search runs on names. It is built for quick name lookups rather than broad filtering by charge or date. The Gratiot County list loads in the browser through a script-driven view, so the exact field set appears once the page finishes loading. In practice, a last name is enough to pull up the current bookings that match.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Yes | Primary search field for the live roster. |
| First Name | Text | No | Helps narrow a common last name. |
Note: The county roster is a script-driven page, so its full field list loads in the browser and a name search is the reliable way in.
Gratiot County Sheriff and Jail Contact
The Gratiot County Jail is part of the sheriff complex at 226 E Center Street in Ithaca, one block from the courthouse. The jail division answers its own phone line every hour of every day, while the office units keep shorter weekday hours. Call the jail line for a custody question and the admin line for records or civil matters. The two contact blocks below cover the Gratiot County offices most families need.
Gratiot County Sheriff's Office
226 E Center Street
Ithaca, MI 48847
Admin: 989-875-5214
Mon to Fri, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Gratiot County Jail Division
226 E Center Street
Ithaca, MI 48847
Jail: 989-875-5211 or 877-472-8468
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
What a Gratiot County Inmate Record Shows
A Gratiot County roster profile pulls together the basic custody facts for one person. Because the Gratiot County roster is script-driven, its public fields render in the browser rather than in a fixed server list. Michigan's state offender system uses a well-documented field set that mirrors what a county custody record carries, and it works as a solid model for the data points a search returns. The OTIS search form shows these same fields in action.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Legal first and last name of the person in custody. |
| Offender or Booking Number | Unique ID tied to the custody event. |
| Date of Birth | Birth date used to tell apart similar names. |
| Sex | Recorded sex of the person held. |
| Race | Recorded race descriptor for the record. |
| Charges / MCL Citation | The offense and the Michigan statute number behind it. |
| Custody Status | Whether the person is still held, released, or paroled. |
| Location | The facility or unit holding the person. |
| Maximum Date | The latest projected end date on a state sentence. |
Booking and Custody in Gratiot County
Booking is the intake step that turns an arrest into a Gratiot County jail record. Staff log the person's name, record the charges, and take fingerprints and a photo. The jail then classifies each person for housing based on the charge and safety needs. The Gratiot County Jail holds up to 70 inmates and went through a major renovation in 2001. A team of full-time officers, a jail administrator, and part-time correctional staff keep the facility running every day.
What happens next depends on the charge. A person arrested on a warrant or a new complaint usually sees a judge for arraignment, where charges are read and bond is set. Felony cases begin in district court with arraignment and a preliminary exam, then may move up to the 29th Circuit Court in Gratiot County. The specific charges the prosecutor files are tracked in the county arrest records and court charges, and the full case file lives in the county criminal court records. Bond terms and release conditions ride along with the case as it moves.
Timing varies with the day and the docket. Someone booked overnight may wait until the next court session to see a judge. The Gratiot County Jail holds people short term while a case moves, so the roster changes often. Release can follow a bond payment, a dropped charge, a transfer, or a sentence. Each of those outcomes updates the person's custody status on the roster.
Gratiot County Visitation and Jail Programs
Gratiot County has not published a full visitation schedule online. The sheriff's pages confirm the Gratiot County Jail runs an inmate phone system and offers several programs, but they do not lay out set visit windows or mail rules. Because of that gap, the safest step is a quick phone call to the jail before you plan a visit or send mail. Staff can confirm the current days, times, and any ID or dress rules.
The programs Gratiot County does document center on inmate support and structure. Religious services are available inside the Gratiot County Jail. Alternative education gives inmates a way to keep learning while held. Other inmate activities round out the daily schedule. The table below gathers the jail facts the county has published, along with the number to call for anything not posted online.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Jail capacity | 70 inmates |
| Major renovation | Completed in 2001 |
| Jail division hours | Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week |
| Religious services | Available to inmates |
| Alternative education | Available to inmates |
| Visitation and mail schedule | Not published online; confirm by phone at 989-875-5211 |
Note: The county did not post visitation days, video-visit pricing, or mail rules in the reviewed pages, so verify every visit detail with the jail by phone first.
Gratiot County Inmate Money and Commissary
Money for a person in the Gratiot County Jail moves through an official deposit service, not a search site. The Gratiot County Jail runs a commissary that lets inmates buy approved goods, and the phone system is supported the same way. Families add funds so a loved one in the Gratiot County Jail can call home or shop the commissary list. Gratiot County lays out every deposit option on the Gratiot County inmate accounts page.
That page points families to the Express Account service for commissary money, care packages, and bond. Deposits can be made three ways, which gives you a route no matter the hour.
- Online through the Express Account website.
- By phone with 24/7 support.
- At the deposit kiosks inside the facility.
Gratiot County Inmate Bond and Payments
Bond is money or terms that let a person leave the Gratiot County Jail while a case is open. Personal recognizance releases someone on a promise to return, while a cash or surety bond requires payment or a third-party guarantee. In Gratiot County, both the commissary deposits and bond payments run through the same online service. Deposits and bond run through the Express Account website.
The same service also takes payments by phone and at kiosks inside the jail lobby. Gratiot County keeps a broader payment hub as well. The county Pay For page routes users to inmate bond at the jail, district court bond and bail, juvenile court, probate court, county clerk, and 29th Circuit Court payments. That one hub matters when a custody issue overlaps with a criminal or family case, since it keeps all the court-payment categories in one place.
State and Federal Inmate Searches
Once a person leaves the Gratiot County Jail for prison, the search shifts to the state. Michigan's Offender Tracking Information System, known as OTIS, is the public tool for anyone from Gratiot County sentenced to the Department of Corrections. It covers people in prison, on parole, or under state supervision. The state explains its offender lookup on the MDOC OTIS page.
OTIS covers people sentenced to prison, on parole, or held under state supervision. The search itself opens on the OTIS landing page. A name or offender number returns the person's status, location, and key custody dates.
Federal custody is a separate system. People held by federal agencies show up in the federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, not the Gratiot County roster or OTIS. Victims and families who want to track a custody change can also sign up for release alerts through Michigan VINE. That service sends a notice when a status changes, which spares you from checking the roster over and over.
Knowing which system to use is half the battle. Start with the Gratiot County jail roster for anyone recently arrested in the area. Move to OTIS once a person is sentenced to state prison. Check the federal locator for federal cases. When all three come up empty, a quick call to the jail can confirm whether the person was ever booked in Gratiot County at all.
County Safety App and Release Alerts
Some counties push inmate lookups into a phone app, but Gratiot County does not. Gratiot County does run the Gratiot Safe App, and it is easy to assume it doubles as a custody tool. It does not. The Gratiot Safe App is a safety and alert app, built for emergency alerts, severe-weather updates, tips, and personal-safety features. It carries no Gratiot County inmate roster, no warrant search, and no records-request tool.
For custody questions, the Gratiot County roster and the jail phone line remain the fastest routes. If a warrant may be behind a booking, verify court status directly through the district court or clerk, since Gratiot County publishes no public warrant list. A suspected warrant most often shows up in the case file, which the county covers under its warrant records guidance. For anything the roster leaves open, the jail line is staffed at every hour.