The Cheboygan County Inmate Population
The Cheboygan County inmate population is reported most clearly through the Cheboygan County Sheriff's annual reports and the official jail information page. The mapped local detention site is the Cheboygan County Jail, operated by the Sheriff's Office at the county law enforcement complex. The jail page states that the facility holds pre-trial detainees and people sentenced to one year or less. That means the local count is not the same as the state prison count, the federal inmate count, or an immigration detention count.
Daily custody levels move with arrests, bond decisions, court holds, short local sentences, transfers to the Michigan Department of Corrections, and releases after court action. The 2024 sheriff annual report listed an average of 60 inmates per day and 21,789 inmate days for 2024. The same report showed a drop from the 2023 average of 68. Those figures are useful because no official public Cheboygan County jail roster was located during research. Current custody questions still need the jail phone line or records route, while population analysis comes from the sheriff's dated annual reports.
The official Sheriff's Office page names Sheriff Todd Ross and identifies corrections as part of a full-service agency with road patrol, investigations, court security, emergency management, search and rescue, and recreational patrol. In northern Michigan, those operations affect the type of arrests that may enter the jail, from local city police cases to county road patrol and recreational enforcement.
Cheboygan County Inmate Population Statistics
Cheboygan County's strongest jail population data is local and dated. The official jail page gives a rated capacity of 103 beds. The sheriff annual reports supply average inmates per day and yearly inmate days, which are better measures of jail use than a one-day head count. The 2024 average of 60 inmates used about 58 percent of the rated beds, while the 2023 average of 68 used about 66 percent.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average daily population | 60 | 2024 sheriff annual report |
| Rated capacity | 103 beds | Official jail page and sheriff annual reports |
| Inmate days per year | 21,789 | 2024 sheriff annual report |
| Corrections staffing | 15 corrections officers, including 4 corporals | 2024 sheriff annual report |
| County population context | 25,579 at 2020 Census | U.S. Census QuickFacts |
Cheboygan County Inmate Population Trends
The recent Cheboygan County inmate population trend rose from 2020 through 2023, then eased in 2024. The 2022 annual report supplied the 2020 baseline. The 2024 report then carried the 2021 through 2024 series. No official demographic table by sex, race, age, charge class, or hold type was located, so the trend table should be read as jail-use data, not as a full profile of who was in custody.
| Year | Average Daily Population | Inmate Days | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 56 | 20,487 | Reported in the 2022 annual report. |
| 2021 | 59 | 21,644 | Start of the 2024 report trend series. |
| 2022 | 67 | 24,956 | Increase from the prior year. |
| 2023 | 68 | 24,655 | Highest average in the displayed series. |
| 2024 | 60 | 21,789 | Down from 2023 and below rated capacity. |
The 2024 sheriff report also listed jail-related revenue lines, including commissary fund revenue, inmate telephone revenue, and in-county boarding revenue. Those figures do not describe individual inmates, but they confirm that phone, commissary, medical, transport, and local custody functions are part of the jail operation.
Who Counts in Cheboygan County Custody
The local jail count includes people held before trial, people waiting for a first appearance or bond action, and people serving jail sentences of one year or less. Sentenced felony prisoners are not counted as Cheboygan County Jail inmates after transfer to the Michigan Department of Corrections. The research also found no MDOC prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, county annex, or separate work-release facility inside Cheboygan County.
| Custody group | Where to look | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Recent local arrest | Cheboygan County Jail and sheriff records | Booking and custody are local sheriff questions. |
| Filed court case | MiCOURT Case Search | Formal charges, hearings, and CTN details are court records. |
| State sentence | MDOC OTIS | OTIS covers state prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders, and recent discharges. |
| Federal sentence | BOP Inmate Locator | BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator | ICE covers current detainees and some recent CBP custody. |
Cheboygan County Jail Capacity Rules
Cheboygan County Jail capacity is tied to state jail standards as well as local operations. The jail page gives the bed count, and the sheriff reports state that corrections staff maintain compliance with State of Michigan standards. The research did not locate a Cheboygan-specific overcrowding lawsuit, consent decree, or DOJ jail-conditions case. It did find that the 2024 jail average was below the rated bed count.
Key Statutes:
MCL 15.231 states Michigan's public policy favoring access to full and complete information about government affairs, subject to exemptions.
MCL 15.235 sets the usual five-business-day public-body response framework for FOIA requests.
MCL 791.262 authorizes MDOC rules and standards for proper, efficient, and humane jail and lockup administration.
Search Cheboygan County Inmate Custody
No official Cheboygan County public inmate roster, booking report, current-inmate list, or mugshot gallery was located on the county or sheriff site. The official access path is therefore a fallback chain. Start with the jail phone line for current custody. If the question needs a copy of a booking record, police report, or photo, use the sheriff records process. If the person may have moved out of local custody, search the state, federal, or immigration locator that fits the case.
- Call Cheboygan County Jail at (231) 627-3155 with the person's full name, date of birth or age, arresting agency if known, and date of arrest.
- For records not released by phone, use the sheriff police-report and FOIA page and submit a focused request.
- Search MiCOURT for court records after a jail arrest, including case number, hearing dates, CTN, and filed charges.
- Search MDOC OTIS if sentencing may have moved the person into state custody.
- Use Michigan VINE for custody notifications, BOP for federal inmates, and ICE for immigration detention.
The NCIC Cheboygan County Sheriff phone and deposit portal showed a detainee last-name filter and masked PIN fragments during research. It is not a full official jail roster. It can be a clue that a person has phone or deposit account handling, but it did not show charges, bond, mugshots, housing, or booking dates in the visible public view.
Cheboygan County Lookup Fields
Because the official county site does not expose a roster search form, search fields vary by channel. The practical county path asks for identifying facts by phone or FOIA. OTIS, MiCOURT, BOP, ICE, and VINE each have their own fields, and those systems cover different custody types.
| System | Useful fields | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Cheboygan jail phone | Name, DOB or age, arrest date, arresting agency | Not an online search; release depends on jail policy and record status. |
| NCIC phone/deposit portal | Alphabetic last-name list, detainee name, masked PIN | Payment/account tool, not a complete roster profile. |
| MiCOURT | Court or location, name, case number, DOB, case type | Court record, not a booking record. |
| MDOC OTIS | Last name, first name, offender number, sex, race, age, status | Excludes county jail and city lockup inmates. |
| BOP and ICE | Federal number or name; A-number or name, country, DOB | Federal or immigration custody only. |
Cheboygan County Inmate Record Details
A public Cheboygan County roster profile could not be inventoried because no official profile page was found. A records request or phone confirmation should therefore ask for the exact record needed. Possible sheriff-held fields include full name, booking date, arresting agency, booking number if assigned, custody status, charge or arrest basis, bond or hold status if releasable, court of jurisdiction, release or transfer date, and booking-photo availability.
- Booking
- Jail intake that creates a custody record after arrest.
- CTN
- Michigan Criminal Tracking Number used to match court and criminal-history records.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency that may block release even when local bond is posted.
- Remand
- A court order that keeps a defendant in custody.
Cheboygan County jail inmate records explains the local records route in more detail, while booking-photo questions belong with the jail mugshot and FOIA process.
Cheboygan County State and Federal Search
MDOC OTIS is the state search path for people sentenced out of Cheboygan County into Michigan custody. MDOC says OTIS includes prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders, and recent discharges within its scope, but it does not include county jail inmates, city lockup inmates, jail-only sentences, people arrested or convicted but not yet sentenced, FOIA-exempt data, or some older records. More than three years after supervision discharge, MDOC points users to Michigan State Police ICHAT.
BOP and ICE are separate. The BOP locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present and supports name and number searches. ICE's Online Detainee Locator System uses A-number or biographical searches, and USAGov explains that it can include current ICE custody and some recent CBP custody. No BOP or ICE facility was found in Cheboygan County, so these searches are fallbacks for the person's custody system, not a local jail roster substitute.
Cheboygan County Detention Facilities
The facility map resolved one local detention page. The Cheboygan County Jail is the primary facility for recent arrests, local bookings, short jail sentences, and defendants waiting for district or circuit court action. No official county jail annex, work-release building, city jail, MDOC prison, federal prison, or ICE facility was located inside the county.
- Cheboygan County Jail - county jail operated by the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office for pre-trial detainees and prisoners sentenced to one year or less.
Cheboygan County Jail Programs
The sheriff annual reports describe a jail that does more than hold people until court. The 2024 report names the 53rd Circuit Drug Court, 89th District OWI Court, Work Crew program, and Work Release program. It also says the jail has a kitchen, medical staff, corrections officers, and in-house or volunteer services that may include life skills, cognitive behavioral therapy, GED when available, NA, AA, and church services.
Those programs do not change how custody is searched. They do help explain why the Cheboygan County inmate population can include people in jail, people in court-linked programs, and people on work-related local custody options. Program availability can change, so families should confirm current rules with the jail before relying on an annual-report description.
Cheboygan County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Cheboygan County inmate population?
The latest researched annual-report figure is a 2024 average of 60 inmates per day at a 103-bed jail. The 2023 average was 68, the highest average in the 2021 through 2024 series. The research did not find a live official public roster count.
Can I search Cheboygan County inmates online?
No official county public roster was located. Start with the jail phone line, then use sheriff FOIA for releasable records. Use MiCOURT for filed court cases, MDOC OTIS for state custody, Michigan VINE for notifications, BOP for federal custody, and ICE for immigration detention.
Does Cheboygan County publish mugshots?
No official Cheboygan County mugshot gallery or recent-booking photo page was found. Booking photos may be requested through sheriff FOIA when releasable, but active investigations and statutory exemptions can delay or limit release.