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Benzie County Jail Overview

Benzie County Jail is operated by the Benzie County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division at the sheriff and law enforcement center in Beulah. Official corrections material says the division serves as a detention facility for lawfully incarcerated people and maintains custody in a secure, cost-effective setting for inmates and staff. The jail receives people arrested by the sheriff and other law enforcement agencies operating in Benzie County.

The official sheriff page identifies Sheriff Kyle Rosa, and the jail operation guidelines page explains the county's reliance on MDOC jail rules, ACA standards guidance, and certified corrections staff.

The facility is a county jail and local detention site, not a state prison. It can hold pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, trustees or work-release participants when approved, and people held for other counties when accepted. No separate adult city jail, regional jail, Michigan DOC prison, federal prison, ICE detention center, or U.S. Marshals contract facility was located inside Benzie County.

Benzie County Jail Capacity

The official jail history page states the current facility has a maximum capacity of 47 inmates. The Law Enforcement Center covers about 19,000 square feet and houses both sheriff operations and the jail. At opening, the page says it was the smallest direct-supervision jail in the United States.

The 2013 average daily population figure of 39 comes from a Prison Policy Initiative table. A 2025 local report described an average around 20 daily inmates and four jail MAT participants. The county did not publish a live daily population dashboard in the source set, so current counts should be confirmed through the jail.

Benzie County Jail History

The county's official jail history page documents the jail's capacity changes and the current facility. The captured source is the Benzie County Jail History page.

The history matters because the current 47-inmate jail replaced older Beulah facilities that had capacity and compliance problems by the 1980s.

Lookup Benzie County Jail Inmates

No official public jail roster was located on the Benzie County sheriff or corrections pages. The correct local lookup path is direct jail contact, in-person contact, sheriff FOIA, Michigan VINE, and MiCOURT when charges have been filed. If the person has moved to state prison, use MDOC OTIS instead of the county jail.

1. Call the sheriff non-emergency line at 231-882-4484 and ask for jail or corrections information.
2. Provide the full legal name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and known case number.
3. Use Michigan VINE for custody and case notifications where available.
4. Search MiCOURT for filed charges, hearings, and dispositions.
5. Use MDOC OTIS, BOP, or ICE only when custody has moved outside the county jail.

Benzie County Jail Address

The jail and sheriff's office share the law enforcement center at the address below. Public sheriff office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., excluding holidays. The jail itself operates as a detention facility beyond public office hours, but counter access should be confirmed before arrival.

Visit Benzie County Jail

Benzie County Jail uses video visitation through CIT Net and two free lobby portals at the sheriff's office. Remote visitors create an account online and purchase data for video visits. Lobby visitors use the public lobby portals at 505 S. Michigan Avenue and call the control room on arrival to say who they want to visit. Visits run 5 to 45 minutes and are limited to two visitors, including infants.

Visitors under 17 must be with a legal guardian. Visitors are subject to search. Contraband attempts may be prosecuted. Intoxicated or disruptive visitors are not permitted. Anyone previously incarcerated in Benzie County Jail may not visit for 30 days after release.

Mail Phone and Money

Official pages reviewed did not publish a complete inmate-mail format, money-deposit vendor, commissary ordering process, deposit fee table, or separate inmate phone provider. CIT Net is confirmed for video visitation. Historical phone-cost data in a secondary table should not be treated as current county pricing. Call the jail before mailing anything or sending money.

Benzie County Jail Booking

Booking occurs after arrest or court commitment. A sheriff's deputy, Michigan State Police trooper, Frankfort officer, conservation officer, or another agency may bring a person to Benzie County Jail. Intake includes identification, records creation, property handling, search, screening, fingerprinting or photograph when required, and classification for housing and supervision.

After booking, the person remains until release on bond or recognizance, court order, sentence completion, transfer, or another lawful release. The court path often starts in the 85th District Court, and prosecutor review controls the filed charges. A booking allegation is not the same as a conviction.

Benzie County Jail Standards

The official operation guidelines page says jail policies were established with guidance from MDOC Administrative Rules for Jails and Lockups and American Corrections Association standards for adult local detention facilities. The page states the jail has been found in total compliance with administrative rules continuously since 2000, with the most recent inspection named on the page being 2022.

Correctional staff are certified by the Michigan Sheriffs' Coordinating and Training Council and recertified annually. The corrections mission emphasizes secure custody, behavior-based detention, staff training, and programs that try to address social, educational, and behavioral needs.

Benzie County Jail Programs

Official mission language says incarceration itself is punishment and that jail programs strive to help people use incarcerated time productively and prepare for reentry no worse physically, emotionally, or psychologically than when they entered. Recent local reporting adds a current treatment angle: Benzie County allocated opioid settlement money to expand medication-assisted treatment for inmates with opioid use disorder.

Reported partners include Catholic Human Services and Centra Wellness. Local reporting described medications such as buprenorphine or methadone paired with counseling or behavioral support. The report said the jail averaged around 20 inmates daily, had four MAT participants, and expected the number to grow.