The Sheriff's Office posts its county inmate search online, searchable by name. If a name does not appear, call the jail line listed above; you can also set up custody alerts through VINELink.

Mt. Pleasant's jail sits inside the Isabella County Criminal Justice Center on East Remus Road, alongside the Sheriff's Office, 989-772-5911, which keeps weekday office hours of 9 to 5.

According to the Remus Road jail's inmate guide, each new arrival is photographed and fingerprinted, a DNA sample is taken when the law requires one, and the person is told the charges and bond status. The jail's phone menu includes bond information and court dates.

Ring the Isabella County Sheriff's Office at 989-772-5911 and ask records whether deputies or Mt. Pleasant Police hold a pending warrant.

The 76th District Court case search lists charges and hearings but does not show whether a warrant remains active.

A defense lawyer may schedule a surrender at the Remus Road jail; otherwise, phone the court and ask the clerk to reset the hearing. Both clerks work at the Trial Court, 300 N. Main Street: the 76th District Court criminal division answers 989-317-4178, and the Circuit Court division 989-317-4098.

For a minor arrest without a warrant, jail deputies can sometimes accept an interim bond before court; everyone else waits for a 76th District Court judge or magistrate, who sets bond at arraignment, often by video from the jail. Once bond is set, the Sheriff takes payment only online through the county site or at the jail itself, and warns that callers asking for bail money are scammers. Our bail page explains interim, ten-percent and surety bonds.

The Trial Court, 300 N. Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, 989-772-0911, combines the 76th District Court, which handles misdemeanors and the first stage of felonies, with the 21st Circuit Court for felony trials. See our court guide.

The Mt. Pleasant Trial Court points the public to MiCOURT: 76th District search, 21st Circuit search. The Prosecuting Attorney's office, 989-317-4085, handles charging questions.

Since April 1, 2025, personal letters for inmates go to a mail-scanning address: inmate name and ID, Isabella County Jail, MI, PO Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076. Attorney mail and money orders are addressed to the Isabella County Criminal Justice Center, 5270 E. Remus Road, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858. Letters must be white, letter-size, and carry a return address; ten photographs at most per envelope, on real photo paper, may be enclosed. See our mail guide.

The Remus Road jail lists visitation together with video chat, tablets and messaging under one communication service. Call 989-772-5915 for current options and see our visitation guide.

Most families on Remus Road set up a prepaid account for jail calls, which our phone guide walks through, and many also trade e-messages through the same vendor, covered in our messaging guide. Putting money on a person's account or ordering a gift pack is explained in our money guide and commissary page; online deposits post as soon as the card clears.

Booking photos from Remus Road are records of the Sheriff's Office; request one through its records unit. An ICE booking photo must be sought through ICE's FOIA office. Federal booking photographs are kept from the public and the media, the single exception being a U.S. Marshals Service effort to catch a fugitive.

At a 76th District Court arraignment, 989-317-4178, a judge decides whether a defendant qualifies for an appointed lawyer based on income.

Federal prosecutions from Mt. Pleasant fall to the Eastern District of Michigan, Northern Division: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Bay City courthouse, 1000 Washington Avenue, Bay City, MI 48708, 989-894-8800. The U.S. Marshals Bay City office, 989-893-7404, holds federal prisoners. Sentenced people show up on the BOP inmate locator.

Through a Form I-247A detainer, ICE may ask the Mt. Pleasant jail to extend custody up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)); agents use that window for pickup. Use the ICE detainee locator once someone has moved to immigration custody; the Michigan office is the ICE Detroit Field Office, 985 Michigan Avenue, Suite 207, Detroit, MI 48226, 313-771-6601.

Felony sentences longer than a county jail term are served with the Michigan Department of Corrections; look people up on MDOC OTIS and browse our Michigan prisons directory.

Juveniles in Mt. Pleasant are handled through the Trial Court's juvenile system, not the adult Remus Road jail; Juvenile Probation is at 989-317-4205.

The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police, 989-775-4000, patrol tribal lands near Mt. Pleasant. Ask that department directly about its arrests and whether someone was taken to the county jail.

Central Michigan University Police, 989-774-3081, cover the Mt. Pleasant campus; people they arrest on state charges are usually taken to the Remus Road jail.

Reports from Sheriff's deputies come from the Sheriff's Office records unit on Remus Road; reports from city officers come from the Mt. Pleasant Police Department.

The County Clerk's office on Court Street in Mt. Pleasant answers at 989-317-4070; court filings, however, should be mailed to the Trial Court at 300 N. Main Street.

Be wary. The Sheriff has issued a fraud alert about scammers collecting bail or bond money; hang up and verify with the jail yourself before paying.

Neighboring county jails around Mt. Pleasant keep separate lists; phone the one closest to where the arrest took place.

• Midland County Jail, 101 Fast Ice Drive, Midland, MI 48642, 989-832-6612
• Gratiot County Jail, 226 E. Center Street, Ithaca, MI 48847, 989-875-5211
• Montcalm County Jail, 649 N. State Street, Stanton, MI 48888, 989-831-7592
• Mecosta County Jail, 225 S. Stewart Avenue, Big Rapids, MI 49307, 231-592-0156
• Clare County Jail, 255 W. Main Street, Harrison, MI 48625, 989-539-7166

• Isabella County Sheriff's Office, 5270 E. Remus Road, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858, main line listed above.
• Mt. Pleasant Police Department, 804 E. High Street, 989-779-5100.
• Central Michigan University Police, listed above.
• Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police, listed above.
• Michigan State Police post, 989-773-5951.

Central Dispatch for non-emergencies: 989-773-1000; emergencies, 911.