Gogebic County Jail Roster Status
No official public Gogebic County Jail roster, inmate-search portal, booking report, recent-arrests page, or public mugshot gallery was located on the county jail page, sheriff page, county homepage, or jail document center. That is the core fact for Gogebic County inmate records. The county jail page gives the address, phone, jail administrator, visitation links, commissary deposit link, and document center, but it does not expose a searchable roster.
Current custody questions should begin with the Gogebic County Jail and Sheriff's Office at (906) 667-0203. Callers should be ready with a full legal name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest or booking date, arresting agency, and any court or case number. If the person was just arrested, booking may still be in progress while intake, identification, medical screening, warrants, bond review, and paperwork are completed.
Important: A missing online result does not prove release because Gogebic County does not publish a public roster.
Call Gogebic County Jail
The local custody line is the first access channel for Gogebic County inmate records because the county does not provide a public roster. The jail is operated by the sheriff's office. The official sheriff page lists Jorge H. Cruz as sheriff, Jessie L. Yesney as undersheriff, and the same jail address and phone. The jail page lists Trevor Jackovich as Sgt., Jail Administrator.
Gogebic County Jail
100 W. Iron St.
Bessemer, MI 49911
(906) 667-0203
Call to confirm current custody, booking status, and visitation rules.
Gogebic County FOIA Coordinator
Gogebic County Clerk
200 N. Moore St., Bessemer, MI 49911
(906) 663-4518
Email written requests to foia@gogebic.gov with subject FOIA.
The official Gogebic County Sheriff's Office page identifies the sheriff's office as the jail operator and lists public contact information.
The sheriff page also has an administrative inquiry form, but the research notes that it is not a roster, not a formal FOIA request, and not a substitute for urgent custody contact.
How to Search Gogebic County Inmates
Because there is no official online roster, the search process is a sequence of official access channels rather than one search screen. Each step answers a different part of the custody question. The jail answers current local custody when it can. FOIA handles requestable jail records. MiCOURT handles formal court charges. OTIS handles sentenced Michigan prisoners. BOP and ICE handle separate federal or immigration custody.
- Call the Gogebic County Jail at (906) 667-0203 and ask whether the person is currently in county custody.
- Ask whether booking is complete and whether a bond, court date, warrant, detainer, or hold affects release.
- If staff cannot provide the record by phone, ask which record type to request by FOIA, such as a booking record, arrest report, bond record, or booking photo.
- Search MiCOURT for the 98th District Court or 32nd Circuit Court when court charges should have been filed.
- Use MDOC OTIS, VINELink, BOP, or ICE ODLS if the person has moved out of county jail custody.
Gogebic County Roster Search Fields
The county jail has no public search-form fields to enter online. The practical field inventory is the information a caller or records requester should provide to help the jail, clerk, court, or locator avoid a false match. Dates and case numbers matter because small counties can still have people with similar names.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public online roster | Not available | n/a | No official Gogebic County online roster located. |
| Last name | Phone or FOIA detail | Practical requirement | Use the full legal last name. |
| First name | Phone or FOIA detail | Practical requirement | Add middle name or initial if known. |
| Date of birth | Phone or FOIA detail | Helpful | May be used for identity, though public responses may redact it. |
| Booking or arrest date | Phone or FOIA detail | Helpful | Approximate dates can narrow the search. |
| Case number or court | Phone, FOIA, or MiCOURT detail | Helpful | Use after a district or circuit case opens. |
| Arresting agency | Phone or FOIA detail | Helpful | Could be sheriff, Ironwood Public Safety, MSP, tribal, federal, or another agency. |
Request Gogebic County Booking Records
Formal public-record access goes through Gogebic County FOIA. The county summary says verbal requests are not accepted and all FOIA requests must be in writing. Requests may be submitted through the county form, by mail or email to the FOIA Coordinator/Gogebic County Clerk, in person at the Clerk's Office, by fax to (906) 663-4660, or by email to foia@gogebic.gov with subject FOIA. A response is due within five business days.
The county FOIA material says online records are provided by free link when available. Small or simple requests may be free when responsive documents are under 10 double-sided pages or take less than 15 minutes to prepare. Other requests may include copy costs, labor, retrieval, redaction, separation, and mailing. If the estimated cost exceeds $50, the county may require a 50% deposit. If prior FOIA charges are unpaid, a 100% deposit may be required where allowed by law.
The screenshot below comes from the official Gogebic County FOIA request page, which links the policy, summary, forms, and indigency materials.
For a jail record request, describe the person, the approximate date, the record type, and the agency involved. A request for a booking photo should say "booking photograph" or "digital image taken during booking" rather than asking for all records.
Gogebic County Inmate Record Fields
Since Gogebic County does not publish a public jail profile, the field list below describes likely requestable or agency-held categories rather than a public screen. A booking record can be different from a court record. Jail booking charges are initial allegations or holds; formal charges come from the prosecutor and court filing process.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Full legal name used to identify the person in jail or court records. |
| Date of birth | Helps identify the correct person but may be redacted from public responses. |
| Booking date/time | May exist in jail records; not publicly displayed on the county website. |
| Arresting agency | May identify sheriff, Ironwood Public Safety, MSP, tribal, federal, or another agency. |
| Charges | Booking charges may differ from court charges later filed by the prosecutor. |
| Bond | May be set by a court or magistrate and affected by holds or detainers. |
| Booking photo | No county gallery found; request by FOIA if needed and not exempt. |
| Release status | Ask the jail and use VINELink for notifications where available. |
Gogebic County Booking Timing
No Gogebic-specific booking-process page was located beyond the jail mission and operational documents. Use this as a general Michigan jail process, not as a county-published checklist. After an arrest, a person may be taken to Gogebic County Jail or first handled by the arresting agency and then delivered to the jail if detention is required. Intake generally includes identity confirmation, warrant and hold checks, property inventory, search, medical and mental-health screening, booking photo, fingerprints, biometric collection where required, and classification for housing.
New arrestees may not be searchable in MiCOURT right away. The jail record begins at booking. The court record begins when a complaint, warrant, arraignment, or case filing enters the court system. Michigan procedure requires people arrested without a warrant to receive a prompt probable-cause determination, and arrested persons must be taken before a court without unnecessary delay unless released earlier. In Gogebic County, the 98th District Court handles misdemeanors and early felony stages; the 32nd Circuit Court handles felony cases after they reach circuit jurisdiction.
- Booking
- The jail intake record created after arrest.
- Arraignment
- The first court appearance where charges and bond are addressed.
- Detainer
- A request from another agency asking the jail to hold or notify before release.
- Classification
- The jail's risk and housing assignment process.
Gogebic County Jail Visits
The official jail page links Securus remote and on-site video visitation. The research located an official video-visitation PDF snippet stating that friends and family can use free 20-minute lobby visits through video terminals and that visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance. Remote visits also require 24-hour cancellation for refund purposes. Confirm active rules with the jail before travel because historical county notices show visitation can change during public-health or operational events.
| Visit Type | Source Detail | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| On-site video | Free 20-minute lobby visit noted in county PDF snippet | Schedule at least 24 hours ahead and confirm lobby availability. |
| Remote video | Securus portal linked from official jail page | Use Securus scheduling and confirm cancellation rules. |
| Travel visit | No parking or entrance diagram published | Call the jail before arriving in Bessemer. |
Mail, Deposits, and Contact
The official jail page links Access Corrections for commissary deposits and Securus for video visitation. It also notes a First National Bank of Wakefield ATM in the front vestibule for public convenience. The mail policy states that regular personal mail must be postcards only, while legal and government mail is handled separately. All incoming and outgoing mail is inspected and processed daily, inmate-to-inmate mail is prohibited, and money orders for inmate accounts must be in properly identified envelopes addressed to Inmate Accounting.
| Service | Provider or Rule | County-Specific Note |
|---|---|---|
| Video visits | Securus | Remote and on-site scheduling linked from the jail page. |
| Commissary deposits | Access Corrections | Use for inmate funds, not court bond. |
| Postcard-only personal mail | Legal and government mail is treated separately. | |
| Lobby ATM | First National Bank of Wakefield | Located in the jail front vestibule per county page. |
The official jail page links Access Corrections as the deposit vendor for Gogebic County Jail.
Confirm custody before sending money because a transfer, release, or hold can change the right account or facility.
Gogebic County, OTIS, and Federal Custody
MDOC OTIS is not a Gogebic County jail roster. The official OTIS explanation says the system covers prisoners, parolees, probationers, absconders, and recently discharged people under MDOC supervision. It does not include county jail inmates, city lockup inmates, jail-only sentences, or people arrested but not yet sentenced. Once a Gogebic County defendant is sentenced to MDOC custody, OTIS becomes the better search tool.
Federal and immigration custody use different systems. The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present. ICE ODLS covers immigration detainees. Michigan VINELink may support custody notifications where available. The statewide Michigan Sheriff Connect app exists and advertises jail information, but no Gogebic-specific app-only roster was verified, so it should not replace the jail phone, FOIA, MiCOURT, OTIS, BOP, ICE, or VINELink path.