This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, post bond, release a person, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the office that holds the record.
Alpena Offices and Record Paths
Choose the channel by custody system and record type. Alpena’s Current Inmates page is a live jail roster, so a missing name does not prove release. The Sheriff holds county-jail booking and movement records, local courts hold case events, and MDOC maintains state corrections status.
Alpena County Sheriff’s Office & Jail
4900 M-32 W
Alpena, MI 49707
Phone: 989-354-9830, option 4 for Corrections
Fax: 989-340-1008
Public office hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Use the official Corrections & Jail page for current custody questions and the jail’s current contact details.
Alpena County FOIA
Send jail-record requests to the Sheriff at 4900 M-32 W. The county’s general FOIA coordinator is at 720 W. Chisholm Street, Suite 7, Alpena, MI 49707; fax 989-354-9648; email FOIA@alpenacounty.org.
The Alpena County FOIA page accepts requests by mail, fax, email, or hand delivery and explains departmental routing, response timing, fees, and appeals.
Alpena County Courts
88th District Court: 719 W. Chisholm Street, Suite 3, Alpena, MI 49707; 989-354-9678 or 989-354-9681; Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed noon to 1 p.m.
26th Circuit Court, Alpena: 720 W. Chisholm Street, Suite 1, Alpena, MI 49707; 989-354-9573; circuitcourt@alpenacounty.org. Search public case events through MiCOURT Case Search.
Michigan and Federal Systems
Use MDOC OTIS for state prison, parole, probation, or discharged status, and the MDOC Public Information page for state-record requests. Field-office details should be checked in MDOC’s current directory.
Michigan VINE handles participating custody-event searches and alerts. Federal custody requires the BOP Inmate Locator; immigration custody requires the ICE Detainee Locator.
These common routes may also help:
- For a named former detainee or an Alpena release record, begin with the home page search and records path.
- For parole or probation, use Post-Release Supervision and verify public status in OTIS.
- For recent county departures, see 24-Hour Releases; Alpena does not publish a separate recent-release feed.
- For an expected date or alert, use Release Date Lookup or VINE Inmate Check.
- For a specific custody system, select the matching facility or locator page in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use MDOC OTIS rather than Alpena’s county-jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP or ICE locator because neither is covered by OTIS.