This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Please contact the agency that holds the record or manages the custody question.
Houghton County Sheriff Contacts
For an official county booking or present-custody question, start with the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office or its Corrections operation. The Sheriff’s FOIA request page is the documented route for a written records request. The Sheriff’s public website did not show a public inmate-name roster or booking-photo search, so contact is the appropriate official first step.
Houghton County Sheriff’s Office
403 East Houghton Avenue
Houghton, MI 49931
Administration: 906-482-0055
Corrections and inmate questions: 906-482-1742
General email: Info@houghtonsheriff.com
County office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Corrections line addresses current inmate questions. For a record or photograph, identify the person, the relevant date or narrow date range, and the particular existing record sought in a request to the official custodian.
Choose the Right Houghton County Source
Different questions belong to different government systems. A county custody question, a court outcome, and a state-prison profile should not be treated as the same record.
- Use the county booking and records information for the Sheriff, Corrections, and Michigan FOIA path.
- For a court case or disposition, use MiCOURT case search or the relevant court clerk.
- For a state-prison or supervision record, use the MDOC OTIS offender search.
- For a federal inmate after sentencing, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator.
- For immigration detention, consult the ICE Online Detainee Locator.
- For information about a possible wanted person, use the Sheriff’s official tip line; emergencies belong to 911.