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Crawford County Jail Overview

Crawford County Jail, also called the Crawford County Corrections Center, is operated by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Ryan Swope at the county government campus in Grayling. It is the only confirmed adult local detention facility physically located in Crawford County in the research materials. The facility serves the whole county rather than only the City of Grayling, which matters because the county jail page states that individuals arrested by any agency in Crawford County are lodged in this jail.

The facility is a county jail, not a state prison. It houses pre-trial detainees, people sentenced to one year or less, male and female inmates, inmate workers, and minimum- through maximum-security inmates. The jail page also says Crawford County may temporarily house inmates for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, outside counties, and the Michigan Department of Corrections. Those outside-agency holds do not create a separate ICE or MDOC facility page; they are local beds used temporarily when a person is physically held at the county jail.

The official jail page screenshot comes from crawfordco.org/offices-departments/sheriff/correctionsjail/.

The screenshot supports official facility facts, including the local jail name, address, 24-hour jail phone, capacity, custody categories, temporary outside-agency hold language, program list, and published inmate mailing format.

Crawford County Jail Capacity and Population

The official jail page states that the Crawford County Jail has a current capacity of 53 beds. The strongest population data comes from the Crawford County Sheriff's Office annual reports. The 2025 report lists 747 jail bookings and an average daily inmate population of 30.42. The 2024 report lists 632 bookings and an average daily population of 21.25. The annual-average population did not exceed capacity in either year, but the 2025 average was higher than 2024 and December 2025 reached a monthly average daily population of 39.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Crawford County Jail

No official Crawford County online jail roster was located in the official sources reviewed. The county jail page publishes the jail address, 24-hour phone, capacity, custody categories, programs, and inmate mailing address, but it does not publish a public current-inmates list, inmate-search form, release list, booking report, mugshot gallery, or vendor roster link. That means the correct local lookup path is a fallback chain, not a roster search box.

1. Call the Crawford County Jail at (989) 348-4822 for current local custody, booking confirmation, bond status, release status, and transfer questions.
2. Use Crawford County jail inmate records guidance for FOIA wording when the question is about a record rather than immediate custody.
3. Search MiCOURT after a criminal case opens because the court record can show filed charges, bond orders, hearing dates, case number, and disposition.
4. Use MDOC OTIS only after a person has moved to Michigan Department of Corrections prison or supervision, because OTIS does not cover county jail prisoners.
5. Use BOP or ICE locators only for federal or immigration custody, not routine Crawford County Jail custody.

Crawford County has one local facility link: Crawford County Jail / Crawford County Corrections Center. For a broader county custody overview, the Crawford County inmate population page separates local jail custody from state, federal, and immigration systems.

Crawford County Jail Address and Contact

Use the jail's 24-hour number for custody and facility questions. The Sheriff's Office administrative number is separate and is listed for office business during weekday hours. Crawford County centralizes FOIA through the county FOIA coordinator rather than publishing a separate sheriff-records portal in the materials reviewed, and the county's public FOIA page is at crawfordco.org/offices-departments/administratorcontroller/freedom-information-act-foia/.

Visiting Someone at Crawford County Jail

Crawford County's official jail page did not publish a complete public visitation schedule, video-visitation vendor, visit-length rule, dress code, child-visitor rule, holiday rule, or remote-visit fee schedule in the sources reviewed. Because no schedule was located, visitors should call the jail before traveling, confirm whether public or attorney visits are available that day, ask what identification is required, and confirm whether any lockdown, staffing, court, weather, or security change affects visits.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Crawford County Jail

The county publishes the inmate mailing format but did not publish a complete commissary vendor, money-deposit vendor, phone-call vendor, tablet program, video vendor, or mail-scanning policy in the reviewed official sources. Do not assume Securus, GTL/ViaPath, HomeWAV, Access Corrections, JPay, or any other vendor for this jail unless Crawford County later confirms it. Call the jail before sending books, photos, publications, money orders, legal mail, or property.

Booking, Bond, and Arraignment at Crawford County Jail

A person arrested by any agency in Crawford County is lodged at the Crawford County Jail in Grayling. The research describes a typical intake path: transport to jail, identity confirmation, entry into the jail system, search and property handling, medical or mental-health screening, booking photograph and fingerprints if required, charge or warrant entry, classification, and housing assignment. The county does not publish a detailed booking manual or classification chart, but the jail page confirms multiple custody levels and male and female housing.

The court path begins quickly. Crawford County's Criminal Matters page says arraignment is where the court states the specific charges, advises constitutional rights, addresses appointed counsel if needed, and determines bond eligibility and amount. For felony arrests, arraignment normally follows the day after arrest, and the preliminary examination date is set within 14 calendar days after arraignment. Bonds can be posted at the clerk's office during regular court business hours; after hours, the person must go to the county jail to post bond. Payment methods and bond fees were not published in the reviewed materials, so confirm before traveling.

Outside-Agency Holds at Crawford County Jail

The official jail page says Crawford County may house inmates from time to time for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, outside counties, and the Michigan Department of Corrections. The page also says agencies that house prisoners from outside Crawford County pay each day the person is housed, and those funds are turned over to the County Treasurer for general-fund revenue. That local detail matters because someone can be physically held in Grayling even when the legal case or long-term custody path belongs to another agency.

If the jail confirms a hold, ask which agency placed it and whether local bond would actually result in release. A person may clear a Crawford County bond but remain held on another county's warrant, an MDOC issue, an ICE matter, or another detainer. If the person has transferred out of the county jail, use the receiving agency's locator or clerk records instead of assuming the local jail still controls release.

Programs and Conditions at Crawford County Jail

Crawford County publishes a specific program list for the jail. Programs include Mental Health, Community Corrections, Jail Ministry, Religious Volunteers, Church Services, Celebrate Recovery, Veterans Justice Outreach through the V.A., GED Program, Peer Recovery Coach, and Healthy Relationship Group Meetings. The Community Corrections entry says DBT, CBT, and Seeking Safety classes are available for those who qualify, but as of 1/1/2026 those classes are not currently available due to federal funding cuts.

The research did not locate a separate inmate grievance policy, medical request policy, medication policy, suicide-prevention policy, disciplinary policy, PREA page, or accreditation page for the jail. Medical, mental-health, religious, program, and special-need questions should be directed to the jail unless Crawford County later publishes a written policy. Michigan law also provides state-level supervision and inspection of jails and lockups under county sheriffs through MCL 791.262.

Directions to Crawford County Jail

The jail is in downtown Grayling at the county building and courthouse address. I-75 is the main north-south approach through Grayling, and M-72 crosses the area east-west. The official jail page did not publish visitor parking rates, visitor-lot boundaries, public-transit details, ADA entrance instructions, locker rules, or a separate visitor-entry door. Call before arrival to confirm the entrance and current security rules.