Hillsdale County Jail Inmate Lookup

Hillsdale County Jail Overview

Hillsdale County Jail is operated by the Hillsdale County Sheriff's Office at 165 W. Fayette St. in Hillsdale. The jail is the county's primary local detention facility for current inmates, including people held before arraignment, people awaiting court or bond action, local sentenced inmates, and people awaiting transfer when another legal authority is involved. Sheriff Scott B. Hodshire heads the Sheriff's Office, and the Corrections Division is listed under Captain Jason Stiverson.

The facility is a county jail, not a Michigan Department of Corrections prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center. No separate state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, regional jail, work-release annex, or city jail with published long-term detention duties was found inside Hillsdale County during the research pass. A person sentenced to MDOC custody should be searched in MDOC OTIS, while federal custody uses the BOP locator and immigration custody uses ICE ODLS.

The official HCSO jail-services material is the best starting point because it links the current-inmate roster, video visitation, inmate deposits, bond payments, and jail service notes in one place.

HCSO Jail Services is the county source for the JailTracker link, capacity statement, visitation vendor links, and inmate-service channels.

Use the county jail-services page before relying on search-result snippets because it distinguishes current county jail custody from later court, MDOC, federal, or immigration records.

Hillsdale County Jail Capacity and Population

HCSO publishes a specific capacity split for the jail: 67 general-population beds, plus holding cells that can house another 13 people in pre-arraignment status. The holding cells are not described as general-population beds, so the safer capacity wording is 67 general-population beds and 13 additional pre-arraignment holding spaces. HCSO Jail Services was reviewed for this figure on June 17, 2026.

The official static county sources did not publish a current daily population count, annual booking total, average length of stay, or local race, sex, age, felony, misdemeanor, pretrial, or sentenced breakdown. JailTracker may show current roster information in the live application, but the static capture did not expose a reliable live count.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Hillsdale County Jail

The official county-jail lookup is JailTracker current inmates for Hillsdale County. HCSO says JailTracker covers current inmates housed in the facility and that clicking an inmate's name opens full details, including booking details and court appearances. Treat it as a current-custody roster, not a historical arrest archive or statewide criminal-history system.

1. Start at HCSO Jail Services and choose the JailTracker current-inmates link, or open the direct JailTracker URL.
2. Let the roster application load in a modern browser. The captured application shell indicates that JavaScript and a live browser session may be needed.
3. Browse or search by name. The application code supports first-name and last-name search fields, but live public options can depend on county configuration.
4. Click the inmate's name to open the detail view. HCSO says booking details and court appearances are available there.
5. If the person is not listed, call HCSO at (517) 437-7317, check MDOC OTIS for prison, parole, or probation, search MiCOURT for court cases after filing, use VINELink for custody notifications, and use BOP or ICE locators only for federal or immigration custody.

Hillsdale County Jail Address and Contact

Use the jail and sheriff address for jail business, current-inmate questions, visitor kiosk questions, deposits, and bond-payment kiosk access. The court buildings are nearby on Howell Street, but court-record searches and hearing questions are a separate route from jail services.

Visiting Someone at Hillsdale County Jail

HCSO says video visitation is available online through CPCJail and InmateSales, and also at a kiosk in the Sheriff's Office lobby. The official static county pages reviewed did not publish a complete weekly visit schedule, remote pricing, visit length, dress code, photo ID rules, or lobby kiosk hours. HCSO does publish one visitor eligibility rule: no one under 17 may visit an inmate without a parent or guardian present.

CPCJail is the visitor-services provider linked for Hillsdale County video visitation access.

Because the schedule is vendor and facility specific, confirm the available appointment times in the CPCJail or InmateSales system and call the jail before traveling to the lobby kiosk.

Mail, Phone, Deposits, and Bond

HCSO publishes electronic channels for phone time, video visitation deposits, inmate funds, and bond payments. Inmates may call by buying phone time online through eXpressAccount or InmateSales. Funds can be deposited online through eXpressAccount or InmateSales, by phone at 866-422-6833, or at the Sheriff's Office lobby kiosk. Bond payments can be made through eXpressAccount online, by phone, or through the lobby kiosk. HCSO says major credit and debit cards are accepted and a non-refundable eXpressAccount service fee applies.

HCSO Bond Payments describes eXpressAccount online bond payment options, accepted cards, the phone number, and lobby kiosk route.

The jail roster can help identify custody and possible bond information, but the controlling release terms should be confirmed with the jail or court before paying.

Booking and Intake at Hillsdale County Jail

Booking begins when a law-enforcement agency arrests a person or a court orders a person into custody and jail housing is required. The arresting agency may be HCSO, City of Hillsdale Police, Michigan State Police, another local agency, or another jurisdiction acting on a warrant or hold. The person is transported to the jail at 165 W. Fayette St., where identity, booking time, arresting agency, charge or hold basis, property, and other administrative information may be entered into the jail system.

Hillsdale's capacity statement matters during intake because pre-arraignment holding cells are separate from the 67-bed general population. A new booking may sit in holding before arraignment and may not appear instantly in JailTracker. HCSO does not publish a roster refresh interval, so do not assume real-time posting. If someone was recently arrested and is not visible online, call the jail information number.

After intake, custody may lead to release, bond review, a 2B District Court first appearance, later 1st Circuit Court proceedings for felony matters, transfer to MDOC after sentencing, or another agency hold. JailTracker is only the current county-jail snapshot.

Directions and Visitor Planning

Use 165 W. Fayette St., Hillsdale, MI 49242 for jail visits, lobby kiosk use, jail deposits, bond kiosk questions, and current-inmate questions. The courthouse and court offices use separate addresses on Howell Street, so do not route a jail visit to the courthouse unless the purpose is a hearing or court-record question.

For US-12, M-99, and downtown approaches, use mapping to the sheriff/jail address. The official HCSO pages do not publish turn-by-turn visitor directions, visitor lot rules, overflow parking details, or a visitor entrance diagram.

Programs, History, and Conditions Notes

HCSO Corrections lists jail services and community work programs under the Corrections Division.

The programs listed by HCSO include church and pastor visits, religious-study groups, mental health programs, substance abuse programs, medical services, professional visitation, inmate video visitation, and video arraignments. HCSO also describes two work programs that support community cleanup and volunteer service events.

County historical material says a new county jail was erected in 1974. Older local history notes a jail building on the courthouse square in 1849-1850, but that is historical context, not a current operational address.

Conditions and oversight details are thinner. HCSO says the Corrections Division aims to maintain humane and sanitary conditions by following state and federal standards, but the reviewed pages did not locate an ACA accreditation statement, state inspection report, PREA audit, grievance form, sick-call fee schedule, medication drop-off policy, or full program enrollment rules. Michigan jail rules and state standards provide the broader governance context.

Recent official state records include Michigan Attorney General releases about a former HCSO sergeant charged in March 2024 and sentenced in January 2025 for conduct involving a county jail inmate. Local reporting in 2024 and 2025 discussed crowding and community-corrections pressure, but those items should be read as dated news context rather than the jail's current official population table.