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St. Clair County Release Meaning

A person is released from the St. Clair County Detention and Intervention Center when the Sheriff gives up physical custody. That can mean return to the community after bond, recognizance, dismissal, time served, or a court order. It can also mean transfer. A person sent to the Michigan Department of Corrections, another jail, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Marshals Service, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement has left the county jail without becoming free from all custody.

The official St. Clair County Inmate Lookup reports people currently in custody. It is not a release ledger. Once a record drops away, the Sheriff’s booking and release record is the best local proof of the physical exit. The court explains the legal authority. OTIS, BOP, or ICE may identify the next custodian. A missing roster result alone proves none of those outcomes.

Parole

Release from state prison into MDOC supervision.

Probation

A community sentence supervised by a court or MDOC.

Discharge

The end of MDOC jurisdiction for the listed sentence.

Time served

Completion of a jail term, though other holds may remain.

St. Clair County Release Routes

Release language must match the route. Bond ends the present jail stay while the case remains open. Dismissal ends the listed case authority, but another hold may control. Parole starts only after a state-prison sentence and keeps the person under MDOC authority. Transfer is a departure from the Michigan Road jail, not a community release.

A jail release time is the physical event recorded by the jail. A court disposition is a legal event. OTIS Date Paroled and a BOP release date refer to separate systems. These dates can differ without being wrong.

St. Clair County Release Fields

A focused request should identify one person and booking, then ask for the existing booking summary, release screen, jail card, and release or transfer documentation. Not every field exists in every file. Exemptions may require redaction. This inventory is a request checklist, not a claim that the public portal shows each item.

Michigan FOIA allows access to public records subject to exemptions. Juvenile, sealed, set-aside, and protected law-enforcement material may not be public. The county portal states no after-release retention period. An archived Sheriff record is the sound route after the live entry is gone.

Request St. Clair County Release Records

The Sheriff Service Bureau maintains inmate records and handles Sheriff FOIA requests. A written request may be delivered to 1170 Michigan Road in Port Huron Township or faxed to 810-966-4302. The county FOIA hub provides the form, policy, cost details, and appeal materials. Ask for existing records, not an explanation or a new report.

1. Give the full name, aliases, date of birth when needed, booking number, and narrow date range.
2. Request actual release time, authority or disposition, receiving agency or transfer destination, and photo if needed.
3. Ask for electronic delivery when available and a cost estimate for a broad file.
4. Compare the response with the court case and follow-on custodian.

The Service Bureau publishes $5 for the first report page, $1 for each added page, a $15 handling fee, and $1 per photo placed on CDR. It says the process may take five business days for a response. Under MCL 15.235, that response may grant, deny, partly grant, or invoke the permitted extension. It is not a promise of production within five days.

St. Clair Release Record Laws

Michigan FOIA, MCL 15.231 through 15.246, starts from public access but preserves exemptions. A denial must state its basis and appeal rights. Requesters may ask for nonexempt portions that can be separated from protected material. Public status does not mean every field must be released.

A set-aside under MCL 780.621 and later sections can make the public court record nonpublic, subject to exceptions. It does not erase the fact that custody once occurred. Old cached pages should not be treated as proof of current public status. The convicting court and current official process control.

Bonding Out in St. Clair

The Sheriff’s jail information gives a local split. During county business hours, bond is paid at court. When court is closed, the jail accepts cash and credit cards, subject to its licensed-bonding-agent exception. Jail Information answers bond questions at 810-987-1720.

A processed bond does not dismiss the charge. Release can also be delayed or redirected by another hold. The Sheriff record supplies the actual exit, while the court register shows the bond order and pending case.

Property After St. Clair Release

St. Clair County inventories property at booking and returns it at discharge. The person signs for the items. Property tied to a transfer is stored for 30 days, and the jail warns that it is not responsible for articles left after discharge or transfer.

The jail issues the trust-account balance by check after stated medical expenses are deducted. A separate reimbursement route concerns booking, lodging, medical, arrest, or prosecution charges. Those account entries do not show whether or when release occurred.

St. Clair Release Account Fees

The check issued for a remaining jail account balance can be reduced by incurred medical expenses. That check is a financial closeout at discharge, not a release certificate. The amount cannot show whether the person left on bond, completed a term, or moved to another custodian. The Sheriff’s release screen and destination fields answer those questions.

St. Clair County also publishes a reimbursement process for booking, lodging, medical, arrest, or prosecution costs. Those charges need careful labeling because they can exist beside a custody record without proving the date or manner of release. A records request should separate account records from the booking and release documents, and it should ask for a cost estimate before seeking a broad set of material.

St. Clair Booking Numbers Explained

The Sheriff’s 2023 Annual Report lists a 491-bed maximum, a 337 average daily population, 3,731 bookings, and 10,403 bed-days saved through RSAT. These figures describe jail use and programming. They are not release totals.

Bookings count admissions, so the same person can contribute more than one booking during a year. Average daily population measures occupied custody over time, while the bed maximum describes the center’s stated physical limit. RSAT bed-days measure a program effect reported by the Sheriff. None of the three can be converted into a count of St. Clair County released inmates. A release total would need its own sourced field and reporting method.

Find St. Clair County Releases

Start with the current roster to learn whether the Sheriff still reports custody and note its refresh time. A nonmatch means only that the person was not found in that snapshot. St. Clair County publishes no verified recent-release feed. The 24-hour St. Clair release path therefore starts with the current roster and confirms the change elsewhere.

1. Search the county roster by full name, name fragments, and booking number.
2. Use the 72nd District or 31st Circuit case for bond, dismissal, sentence, probation, or commitment.
3. Search OTIS when MDOC custody is plausible. Use BOP or ICE for the matching federal custody type.
4. Use MI-VINE prospectively for release, transfer, or escape alerts.
5. Request the Sheriff release record for exact exit time, reason, and destination.
6. Reconcile birth data, middle name, record numbers, charges, and chronology.

OTIS Search for St. Clair Releases

The Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS covers current prisoners, parolees, probationers, and people within three years after supervision discharge. It excludes county-jail-only cases. Search by the six-digit MDOC number when known, or use name and displayed filters.

The official OTIS overview explains why a St. Clair County jail-only release will not appear in the state system.

Read status, location, sentence fields, and dates together. Date Paroled with Parolee status or discharge information is stronger proof than an Earliest Release Date alone.

St. Clair Recent Release Limits

The lookup accepts names or booking number. Results can show photo, name, age, gender, booking number, and booking date. Details may include aliases, court data, charges, bonds, holds, and a forward-looking Projected release value. That value is often “N/A” and is not an actual-release record.

No official recent-release archive or after-release retention period was found. Data is refreshed periodically, not in real time. A direct URL or cached result may linger. Neither a lingering page nor a missing page settles release status without the Sheriff record and court or receiving-agency check.

St. Clair Supervision After Release

OTIS separates parolees, probationers, discharged people, and absconders. A parolee has left prison but remains under MDOC authority. A probationer serves a community sentence and may not have served a state-prison term. “Discharged” means MDOC jurisdiction ended for the listed sentence.

Assigned Location identifies the supervising office, not a home. St. Clair County parole is in Fort Gratiot, while probation is at the McMorran courthouse. Local District Court probation can follow another route. The sentencing court and case number identify the right office.

St. Clair Release Alert Channels

MI-VINE through VINELink sends custody-event alerts for release, transfer, and escape when supplied by the reporting agency. It works best when registration occurs during custody. A VINE alert is not a certified record, and a transfer must be followed into the next system.

The BOP locator covers post-1982 federal records. “RELEASED” or a past date with no facility means departure from BOP, but supervision or other custody may continue. The ICE locator is for current qualifying detention, not historical release. A no-result cannot prove community release.

St. Clair Federal Handoffs

County, ICE, BOP, and USMS populations have been documented at the same Sheriff-operated center. The annual report and an official 2022 ICE inspection establish that mixed-custody history. They do not guarantee current contract terms.

A roster disappearance may be a handoff. Ask the Sheriff record to name the holding authority and receiving agency. Use BOP for a sentenced federal person, the federal court and USMS for a pretrial defendant, and ICE for current qualifying detention.

St. Clair Court Release Proof

The county Court Records hub routes 31st Circuit matters to Web Inquiry and 72nd District matters to MiCOURT D72. Copy the case number and court from the jail record. Then find bond, dismissal, sentence, probation, or commitment. The clerk’s official record controls.

A court order explains legal authority but may not show the minute the jail completed processing or whether another hold applied. The MiCOURT search shows why choosing the right court matters.

Match case number, name, charge, and event sequence before linking a court entry to a release.

Getting Home After St. Clair Release

The 2023 report says release-back-to-community services can arrange behavioral-health treatment and may supply bus tickets, clothing, and hygiene kits. The jail lists Re-entry Case Management, mental-health discharge planning, medication-assisted treatment, peer recovery, and RSAT.

These are local pathways, not guaranteed benefits. The report says 120 naloxone kits were distributed at release or on request in 2023. It gives no fixed ride, release hour, exit door, family waiting area, or weekend timetable.

St. Clair Release Reentry Services

Re-entry Case Management is distinct from release verification. It concerns the practical transition back to the community, while a booking and release record documents the custody event. The jail’s listed services include community referrals, mental-health discharge planning, medication-assisted treatment, peer recovery, and its residential substance-abuse treatment program. Eligibility and the plan for one person must come from jail staff.

The annual report describes support in concrete terms. Staff may help arrange inpatient or outpatient behavioral-health care, and basic supplies can include a bus ticket, clothing, or hygiene items. None of those details creates a guaranteed benefit, a fixed travel route, or a promise about release timing. Families planning for a St. Clair County release should use Jail Information for current directions and should not infer the exit time from a court event alone.

St. Clair Release Search Comparison

Choose the source by custodian and time. A roster answers who is shown now. A release record answers when and how Sheriff custody ended. State and federal locators cover different systems.

St. Clair Release Facility Paths

Facility names identify the starting route. St. Clair County has one principal adult jail, short-term municipal holding, state and federal systems outside the county, and federal contract populations that may share the county building.

• St. Clair County Detention and Intervention Center: use Sheriff and court records, then follow the receiver.
• Federal/ICE/USMS Contract Beds: treat departure as a possible federal transfer.
• Municipal Police Lockups: begin with the arresting agency, District Court, and county jail.
• Michigan Department of Corrections: use OTIS; no active MDOC prison was found in the county.
• Federal Bureau of Prisons: use the nationwide locator; no BOP institution was found in the county.

One name can appear across systems as custody changes. Keep a dated event sequence and match identifiers before treating records as the same person.