Search the Ogemaw County Inmate Population

Ogemaw County Inmate Population Overview

The Ogemaw County inmate population centers on the Ogemaw County Correctional Facility in West Branch. The facility is operated by the Ogemaw County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Brian D. Gilbert, and is the local booking, bond, mail, account, and custody-contact point for people arrested in the county. The county's own research materials also show a second practical pathway: Roscommon County Jail may matter when Ogemaw officials direct longer-term housing there under a county-jail contract or lockup arrangement. That makes Ogemaw's inmate population less simple than a single jail head count.

The strongest population figures come from the county's September 2024 jail-operation narrative. That document says the jail had a total average daily population of 76.1 in 2022, 74.6 in 2023, and 55.3 through August 2024. Ogemaw-only inmates made up 44.1 per day in 2022, 51.4 per day in 2023, and 35.8 through August 2024. Those figures count jail custody, not state-prison supervision. Once a person is sentenced to the Michigan Department of Corrections, the public search path changes to OTIS.

Ogemaw County Inmate Population Statistics

The current Ogemaw County Correctional Facility was built with a rated design capacity of 124 beds. The county says MDOC recalculated that rating in 2017 and added 20 beds, giving the facility a 144-bed capacity. The same official narrative shows a sharp drop in daily jail use through August 2024. It also separates Ogemaw County inmates from people held for other counties, which matters because out-of-county housing once appeared as revenue but did not cover the county's full cost per prisoner day.

Ogemaw County Jail Population Trends

The Ogemaw County inmate population fell even while the fixed cost of the jail remained a county budget issue. The September 2024 narrative says the total jail average daily population declined from 76.1 in 2022 to 55.3 through August 2024. It also says Ogemaw-only custody dropped by 22.3%, or 10.3 people, since the start of the fiscal year on October 1, 2024. Non-Ogemaw inmates decreased by 24.6%, or 5.1 people, over the same period.

The county identified several drivers for this trend. New felony case filings in 82nd District Court declined by 40.2%, or 110 cases, from 2019 to 2023. Civil infractions and related revenue also fell, and sentencing-guideline effects were cited as one factor that can affect jail use. The fiscal side is unusual: jail expenditures represented 20.7% of Ogemaw's general fund by FY2023, while jail-specific revenue funded only 20.2% of the jail budget.

Ogemaw County Jail Capacity

The 144-bed capacity does not mean every bed can be used every day. The facility PDF says a jail is considered full at 80% of intended capacity so staff have room for classification changes. At 144 beds, that operational-full threshold is about 115 beds. A person may need a maximum-security cell, a medium-security two-person cell, a dormitory pod, medical separation, protective placement, or sex-based separation. Those details make the usable bed count lower than the raw capacity.

The published 2024 average daily population of 55.3 was well below the physical bed count and the 80% operational threshold. That did not remove fiscal strain. The county narrative says the cost per prisoner day rose from $34.28 in FY2018 to $67.06 in FY2023. It also describes an Oscoda County housing rate of $31.00 per inmate per day in 2023 and a net loss when that rate was compared with Ogemaw's actual cost. Population, capacity, and budget pressure therefore have to be read together.

Laws Governing Ogemaw Jail Population

Michigan law sets the frame for jail custody, public records, capacity oversight, and county-to-county housing. Ogemaw County records begin with the office that holds the record. Current custody and jail operations go through the sheriff and corrections staff. Sheriff-held reports, booking photos, crash reports, and incident material can be requested through the Sheriff's FOIA process. Court files after an arrest are handled by the courts under court-record rules, not by treating the court file as an ordinary sheriff record.

Where Ogemaw County Holds Inmates

Most Ogemaw County booking questions start with the Ogemaw County Correctional Facility. The county's official pages still publish the West Branch corrections contact, and the facility PDF remains the detailed source for mail, visits, inmate money, bond, and program rules. Roscommon County Jail is included because Ogemaw's own policy discussion and news reporting describe a contract-housing path. That does not mean every Ogemaw arrestee is in Roscommon. The safe first question is whether jail staff can confirm the person's current physical location.

• Ogemaw County Correctional Facility - local jail and lockup for Ogemaw arrests, court holds, short sentences, bond, mail, accounts, and custody questions.
• Roscommon County Jail - regional county-jail path to check when Ogemaw staff direct a family or requester to Roscommon housing procedures.

The Ogemaw County Corrections page is the official local contact point for the jail address and phone. The successful screenshot for that page shows the published facility contact block, and it matches the facility data used for custody routing.

The image is useful because Ogemaw does not publish a public online roster in the inspected sources; the county's own corrections contact page becomes the first official place to verify jail contact details.

Search Ogemaw County Current Inmates

No official, public, searchable Ogemaw County jail roster was located on the county website, Sheriff's Office page, Corrections page, court pages, or facility PDF inspected for this build. That changes the search workflow. A current-inmate lookup should start with the Ogemaw County Corrections phone line at 989-345-5908 or an in-person inquiry during corrections administrative hours. If the record is not available through direct custody contact, the Sheriff's FOIA form is the documented public-records channel for reports, photos, and other sheriff-held material.

The fallback chain should be kept in order. First, confirm whether the person is in local Ogemaw custody. Second, ask whether the person has been transferred, released, posted bond, or moved under another agency hold. Third, use VINE for notifications after the person or case is identified. Fourth, use OTIS if the person was sentenced to MDOC custody. Federal and immigration systems are separate and should not be used as substitutes for the county jail phone line.

1. Call Ogemaw County Corrections at 989-345-5908 for current local custody, booking, bond, and transfer questions.
2. Use the Sheriff's FOIA request form for sheriff-held booking records, photos, reports, and UD-10 records that are not posted online.
3. Register with Michigan VINE for custody-status or criminal-case notifications after identifying the correct person.
4. Search MDOC OTIS for sentenced prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders, escapees, and recent MDOC discharges.
5. Use the BOP inmate locator or ICE ODLS only when the custody level is federal or immigration-related.

Ogemaw County Inmate Search Fields

Because there is no official Ogemaw online jail roster field set in the inspected sources, the most concrete local search fields come from the Sheriff's FOIA form and from state/federal locators. A useful request includes the person's full name, date of birth if known, booking or incident date, incident number if known, location, officer, and the exact material requested. For state sentenced custody, OTIS has its own search fields and should not be treated as a current county-jail list.

What Ogemaw Inmate Records Show

A public Ogemaw roster sample was not found, so the record inventory has to come from official request fields and facility rules. The Sheriff's FOIA form supports requests for reports, photos, UD-10 crash records, and other named material. The facility PDF confirms jail systems for accounts, mail, bond, visitation, phone funding, messaging, property, and classification. A jail record may be more limited than a court file. It may show the booking or hold basis but not the final charge, plea, conviction, or sentence.

Ogemaw Jail vs State Prison

The Ogemaw County inmate population is not the same as the Michigan state-prison population. County jail custody covers recent arrests, pretrial detainees, local sentences, warrants, bond holds, and short-term local confinement. MDOC covers sentenced state prisoners, parolees, probationers, escapees, absconders, and certain discharged offenders within its public-display rules. A person can move from one system to the other after conviction and sentence, which is why a county phone inquiry may stop being the best path after transfer.

Ogemaw Jail Visits and Money

Ogemaw jail contact rules come from the official facility PDF. Remote visitation, messaging, and inmate phone funding use CIDNET. The system requires a valid photo ID upload before the contact request is approved. Remote video visits are available seven days a week except lights-out, meals, and cleanup time, and the PDF states that all video visits are monitored and recorded. Staff do not pass personal messages to inmates.

Money and commissary use JailATM, the lobby kiosk, mailed money orders, or the lobby drop box depending on the transaction. Commissary is delivered once weekly, and orders must be placed and confirmed by end of day Monday for delivery later that week. Bond can be paid at the courthouse during normal business hours, or through the jail lobby kiosk or JailATM after hours or by choice. A third-party bond signer must tell jail staff at posting and complete the third-party section.

Ogemaw State and Federal Search

The MDOC OTIS offender search is the right public tool after an Ogemaw County case becomes state corrections custody. OTIS requires a last name or offender number for ordinary searches, and the offender number is the best key when known. OTIS help says location means the place where the offender is housed or supervised, or the last place supervised for escapees or absconders. It also explains status labels such as prisoner, parolee, probationer, discharged, escapee, and absconder.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. No BOP prison was found in Ogemaw County, and the named federal institution in Michigan is FCI Milan in Washtenaw County. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System is separate again. It uses A-number/country or biographical searches for immigration detention and does not operate like a county booking-photo gallery.

Ogemaw County Inmate Population FAQ

How large is the Ogemaw County inmate population? The best official figures found are from the September 2024 jail-operation narrative. It reports total jail average daily population of 76.1 in 2022, 74.6 in 2023, and 55.3 through August 2024. Ogemaw-only ADP through August 2024 was 35.8.

Is there an official online Ogemaw County jail roster? No official public searchable roster was located in the county, sheriff, corrections, court, or facility PDF sources inspected. Current custody questions should start with Ogemaw County Corrections at 989-345-5908.

Where do sentenced prisoners from Ogemaw County appear? Sentenced state prisoners appear through MDOC OTIS, not through a county jail roster. OTIS can include prisoners, parolees, probationers, escapees, absconders, and recent discharges within MDOC's public-display rules.

Can booking photos be requested? The Sheriff's FOIA form lists photos as an example of requestable information. Release can still depend on Michigan FOIA exemptions, privacy, law-enforcement sensitivity, and whether the Sheriff's Office holds the requested record.

Why is Roscommon County Jail listed? Ogemaw's official narrative and local reporting discuss a contract-housing path involving Roscommon. It should be checked only when Ogemaw staff or official records indicate the person was moved or housed there.