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Gladwin County Jail Overview

Gladwin County Jail is operated by the Gladwin County Sheriff's Office at 501 W Cedar Ave in the City of Gladwin. Sheriff Michael Shea is the sheriff, James Cuddie is the undersheriff, and Matthew McGourty is listed as Jail Administrator. The sheriff's office describes the jail as a correctional facility with a designated capacity of 72 adult offenders. The published population includes adult pretrial detainees, people under detention, people serving sentences of one year or less, local offenders, and inmates transferred from other counties or jurisdictions.

No separate city jail, municipal lockup roster, MDOC prison, BOP federal prison, ICE detention center, or U.S. Marshals contract facility was located inside Gladwin County. City of Gladwin Police and Beaverton Police make local arrests, but neither city page published a separate city lockup or inmate search. For most local arrests, the practical first custody channel is therefore Gladwin County Jail or the sheriff's non-emergency line.

Gladwin County Jail Capacity

The official county capacity figure is 72 adult offenders. A historical Prison Policy Initiative table listed a 2013 average daily population of 90 for Gladwin County Jail, which is useful context but not a current count. A 2025 Michigan Association of Counties article adds a local operational detail: roughly six to eight sentenced inmates may be housed in Clare and Iosco Counties so Gladwin County can preserve space for fresh arrests. Because those dates and measures differ, the safest current conclusion is that capacity is known, but the current daily jail population is not published in the official materials reviewed.

Call before travel or release pickup when the person is serving a jail sentence. A sentenced jail inmate may still be a Gladwin County inmate for case and custody purposes while physically housed in Clare or Iosco County for capacity management.

Look Up Gladwin County Jail Inmates

No official online Gladwin County Jail roster, recent-booking report, or booking-photo gallery was located on the county website or sheriff page in the research materials. The county jail lookup path is therefore a fallback chain, not a live roster page. Start with the jail phone line for current custody. Then use Michigan VINE for custody status and notification where available, MiCOURT for filed charges, and FOIA for booking or jail records that are public and not exempt.

1. Call Gladwin County Jail at 989.426.7121 with the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, and arrest date or agency.
2. Ask whether the person is currently held at Gladwin County Jail or housed for Gladwin County in another county.
3. Use Michigan VINE as a custody-status and notification backup, understanding that it is not a full county roster.
4. Search MiCOURT for filed criminal charges after arraignment or court filing.
5. Use MDOC OTIS, BOP, or ICE only when the custody level has moved beyond local county jail custody.

Gladwin County Jail Contact

The jail and sheriff's office share the West Cedar Avenue law-enforcement location, one block by address sequence from the county courthouse and court offices at 401 W Cedar Ave. The sheriff page separates the jail direct line from the sheriff main and non-emergency number. Use the jail number for custody, housing, visitation, mail, and inmate funds. Use the sheriff main or Central Dispatch number for non-emergency law-enforcement contact.

Gladwin County Jail Visitation

Gladwin County publishes the vendor contact for jail visitation and inmate phones, but the official materials reviewed did not publish a detailed visitor calendar, visit length, dress code, child-visitor rule, locker rule, or arrival window. Jail visitation and inmate phones are routed through Combined Public Communications. Before arriving, verify the inmate's eligibility, format, ID requirements, and whether the person is physically in Gladwin or housed out of county.

Gladwin County Jail Mail and Money

The sheriff page gives enough detail to route mail, money, phone, and tablet funds, but it does not publish a full mail rulebook. Use the inmate's name in the address, and call before sending books, photos, packages, or any nonstandard item. The research did not locate a postcard-only rule, mail scanning rule, approved-book-vendor rule, package policy, or current commissary fee schedule.

Booking at Gladwin County Jail

Gladwin County did not publish a step-by-step intake manual, so local wording should separate confirmed facts from ordinary jail process. Confirmed facts are that the sheriff administers the jail, the jail holds pretrial and short-sentence adults, and District Court is the first criminal court after arrest. A typical booking may include identity confirmation, property inventory, search, photo or fingerprints, charge and hold entry, medical screening, classification, phone access, and housing assignment, but those specific intake steps were not published by the county.

After booking, the court path depends on the prosecutor and the 80th District Court. For warrant arrests, the prosecutor page says police submit a complaint and warrant request, the prosecutor authorizes or denies charges, and District Court issues a warrant if charges are authorized. Misdemeanor cases may be handled in District Court. Felony cases begin in District Court and may proceed to 55th Circuit Court after preliminary examination or waiver.

Gladwin County Jail Records

For jail records not confirmed by phone, Gladwin County's FOIA process is the formal access route. The county FOIA summary says requests may be made on the county form, in another writing such as letter, fax, or email, or verbally. Written requests may be delivered to the FOIA Coordinator at 401 West Cedar Avenue, Gladwin, Michigan 48624, faxed to 989.426.6917, or emailed according to the county-posted instructions. Because some county FOIA materials use older email-domain language, verify the current address on the county forms page before filing.

The county summary says a response is due within five business days after receipt, with one possible ten-business-day extension. A request should describe the record with the person's name, date of birth if known, arrest date, arresting agency, booking date, case number if known, and the requested format. FOIA fees, deposits, redactions, and exemptions may apply under Michigan FOIA.

County Jail vs Other Custody

Gladwin County Jail is not the right search system for every person with a Gladwin County case. State-sentenced prisoners move into Michigan Department of Corrections custody and should be searched through OTIS. MDOC states OTIS does not include prisoners in county jails or city lockups, people sentenced only to jail, or some records exempt under FOIA. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through the BOP locator, while immigration detainees are searched through ICE ODLS. These systems answer different questions than the county jail phone line.

Gladwin County Jail Conditions

The sheriff page states that jail staff work to provide a safe, humane, and secure environment, promote rehabilitation, reduce recidivism, and uphold the rights and dignity of people in custody. It also references jail treatment and other law-enforcement programs allowed by statute. Specific program schedules, GED details, work release, mental-health contractor names, grievance forms, PREA reports, medical copays, and current inspection reports were not located in the official materials reviewed.

Michigan law provides the broader framework. MCL 791.262 requires MDOC to promulgate rules and standards for the proper, efficient, and humane administration of jails and lockups under its inspection role. MCL 51.281 allows a sheriff to prescribe prisoner rules and regulations. For medical access, grievances, pastoral visits, or program eligibility, call the jail directly.