The Sheriff is bound by statute for the responsibility of operating the County jail(s) which entails the care and custody of inmates, including but not limited to such activities as:
providing inmate food and medical services
providing jail clothing and receipt of private clothing for court
maintaining a safe and secure environment
providing support programming such as counseling, crisis intervention, and adult education
maintaining a program of inmate recreation, visitation and chaplaincy services
The Oakland County Jail is accepting donations for paperback books for the jail library. Please call (248) 858-5085 for further information.
The Main Oakland County Jail, located at 1201 North Telegraph, was built in 1973. The jail is a maximum security facility and has general inmate population housing of approximately 484 inmates.
The intake area for processing new arrests includes holding tanks and observation cells which accommodate a capacity of 131 inmates.
A 24-hour, seven day per week health clinic is operated at the jail and has four single cells. In March, 1989, the Annex (a direct supervision facility) was completed, which is attached to the Main Jail and has the capacity to house an additional 487 inmates.
Total inmate capacity for the Satellite facilities is 750.
The Corrective Services Division admits approximately 25,000 new arrests into the facility per year. The average daily inmate population is approximately 2,000, including out-county housing.
Overcrowding continues to be a major issue in the operation of the Corrective Services Division. Statistics reflect that the inmate population has increased approximately 12 percent in the last five years.
The Sheriff and county officials have avoided declaring the statutory jail overcrowding emergency act which can result in mandatory early releases for sentenced inmates, by housing inmates in other County jails throughout the State.
Should you have any questions about inmate information, please email them to prisonerinfo@oakgov.com
Inmates at the Oakland County Jail facilities are able to make collect calls only. In order to receive collect calls, you may first have to establish an account with Correctional Billing Services. For more information on inmate phone calls, please visit the Correctional Billing Services Web site, or call them at 1-800-844-6591.
