This is a private reference site, not a Montcalm County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, pull official booking records, or change court or jail information. Use the official contacts below for custody, records, dispatch, bond, FOIA, and court questions.
Where to Look for Jail and Record Questions
Montcalm County Jail: 649 N State Street, Stanton, MI 48888; inmate and court-status phone line 989-831-7592.
Montcalm County Sheriff's Office: 659 N State Street, Stanton, MI 48888; phone 989-831-7590; fax 989-831-7420; office hours Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4 pm.
Corrections / Jail Administrator: 649 N State St., Stanton, MI 48888; phone 989-831-7439.
Dispatch: for non-emergency law enforcement assistance, call Central Dispatch at 989-831-3500. For emergencies, call 911.
Montcalm County FOIA Coordinator: mail requests to P.O. Box 368, Stanton, MI 48888; hand deliver to the Office of the County Controller, Third Floor, Administration Building, 211 W Main Street, Stanton; fax 989-831-7375; email foia@montcalmcountymi.gov. Sheriff's Office records route through the county FOIA process.
Choose the official channel that matches the type of information you need:
- For someone believed to be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Montcalm County Jail status line at 989-831-7592.
- For booking-photo questions, use jail roster mugshots guidance and the county FOIA route when no official photo is posted online.
- For charges, hearings, and case numbers after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, MiCOURT, and 64B District Court resources.
- For facility-specific rules, use the Montcalm County Jail and Carson City Correctional Facility pages linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Michigan state prisoner, search the Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS locator instead of the county jail line.
- For a federal sentenced inmate or immigration detainee, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.