Flint is home to the Genesee County MI Jail. This prison facility holds inmates sentenced in Flint and Genesee County Courts and courts of other cities in the Genesee County area areas. Genesee County MI Jail is one of several medium prisons for the State of MI. It's important to call an inmate first to make sure they can receive visitors and that they are still at the facility. Genesee County MI Jail is located in Flint MI, in the 48502-1499 Zipcode. This is in Genesee County MI. Before traveling or booking hotels, always verify with your inmate first.
Maintaining contact with friends and family is important for the health and wellbeing of both inmates and their family. Sadly, many prisons don't make this easy. Phone charges of up to $14 a minute for long distance calls create financial burdens on inmate families who must pay for these calls. Thankfully services from Securtel help avoid these additional charges by creating a local phone number an inmate can call that will connect to any long-distance number. By eliminating the long-distance surcharge, inmates can talk to friends and family at the local rate no matter where they might live. You can set this up with Securtel.coml at
inmate calls. To send mail to an inmate you can visit
send postcards. Always talk with your inmate to learn the hours they are permitted to make phone calls or receive visitors. Facilities like Genesee County MI Jail have rules for sending mail and restrictions on the days and times allowed for visitation, Facilities in MI each have different rules that you'll be required to follow. So don't assume they are the same as each other.
Genesee County MI Jail is a County Jail facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Genesee County MI Jail will be treated. Prison is expensive. Even public prison facilities appear to be operating like for-profit prisons these days. Long distance phone calls are a favorite way for jails to make money. Charging inmates for everything from soap to toothpaste is another. Even sending your inmate money to buy these things will come with an added fee. The first thing to do is set up an economical line of communication as suggested above. Then you can communicate with the inmate to discuss a reasonable budget and how the family can work together to pay and keep it.
Genesee County MI Jail is located in the EST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Genesee County MI Jail warden is Sheriff Robert J. Pickell. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Genesee County MI Jail by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Genesee County MI Jail. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.