Kent County Inmate Search

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Kent County, MI Jail Inmate Search

KENT COUNTY is located in Michigan with an average daily population of 796. The county has approximately 927 confined in facilities with 798 male and 112 female prisoners. That means that 86% of the confined population are male, and 12% are female.

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How Does Kent County Inmate Search Work?

Inmate records for Kent County are freely accessible. All detention facilities in Kent County are governed by the Freedom of Information Act which provides publicly available information about inmates in the county.

Kent County Parole and Probation

Kent County Parole

If a prisoner has adhered to the regulations while serving their term, they may be granted parole and be released early. Who is granted parole and who is not is decided by a parole board. You may learn a lot about a parolee by looking through the Kent County parole records. There may be information regarding their sentence and offences in the Kent County parole files. You could also get to look through information regarding their detention location and parole conditions.

Kent County Probation

You should also be able to access Kent County probation records, which list men and women who were placed on probation rather than being imprisoned, in addition to those parolees who have already been freed. There are regulations that come with being on probation. In addition to adhering to other conditions, probationers are required to meet their probation officer once per week. Typically, Kent County criminal records will list the inmate's offences, probationary term, and the specifics of the justice department that sentenced them. You may also be able to view photographs, fingerprints, the probationer's physical characteristics, and other information in addition to these facts.

Kent County Booking

When researching statistics on whether or not a stranger has been arrested, Kent County bookings can help. A perpetrator's Kent County booking record is basically created when an officer arrests them, fills out the necessary papers, and places them in an imprisonment cell. It could also contain information such as fingerprints, photographs, physical characteristics, their name and address, the officer in charge, the specifics of the crime, the scene, and any trucks that were involved. The general public can access the copies of a person's Kent County booking records without requiring any kind of authorization.

Kent County Confined Population Statistics

In the past 6 years, the confined population in KENT COUNTY has dropped by 10.69% from 1038 each year to 927 inmates. Men are still confined about 798 per 100,000 U.S. residents annually in KENT COUNTY, despite the fact that women are the group confined at the fastest rate of growth.

Inmate Population in Kent County, MI

KENT COUNTY has only 927 of the 928 inmates are actually put in jail; the other 1 are under supervision; they are not currently confined.

Kent County Jail Inmate Population, Jail Pretrial Population and Confined Population, for 2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Population 1038 1250 1082 n/a 657 928
Confined Population 1038 1250 1082 n/a 657 927
Non Confined Population 0 0 0 n/a 0 1

Kent County Confined Population by Gender

In KENT COUNTY, there are 798 confined male inmates for every 100,000 male U.S. residents, and 112 confined female inmates for every 100,000 female U.S. citizens. The confined population of male prisoners dropped by 4.32% between 2016 and 2021, while the confined population of female dropped by 34.88%.

Kent County Female Confined Population for
2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Adult Females 172 200 165 193 74 112
Females Under 18 3 13 4 3 0 3
Female ADP 184 191 183 n/a 152 98

Kent County Male Confined Population for
2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Adult Males 834 1000 900 931 574 798
Males Under 18 29 37 13 15 9 14
Male ADP 887 962 940 n/a 818 698

Breaking Down Kent County Inmates By Race

In KENT COUNTY, the average confined population for White inmates is 390 per 100,000 white citizens, which is 12.95% lower than the confined population for Black or African American inmates. The number of Black or African American inmates who were confined went from 484 to 444 for every 100,000 black population of the United States between 2016 and 2021. The average Hispanic or Latino confined population in KENT COUNTY is 87 per 100,000 Hispanic Americans, while the average Asian confined population is 3 per 100,000 Asian Americans, accounting American Indian/Alaska Natives for just 3 residents of the county's confined population.

Kent County Confined Population by Race, for 2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
White Inmates - Confined 445 511 451 n/a 265 390
Black or African American Inmates - Confined 484 605 538 n/a 329 444
Hispanic or Latino Inmates - Confined 100 128 85 n/a 57 87
American Indian/Alaska Natives Inmates - Confined 4 1 2 n/a 5 3
Asian Inmates - Confined 5 5 6 n/a 1 3
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Inmates - Confined 0 0 0 n/a 0 0
Two or more Races Inmates - Confined 0 0 0 n/a 0 0
Not Known (Race) Inmates - Confined 0 0 0 n/a 0 0

Kent County Prisons and Jails

Federal Jails


Wyoming Jail

Address: 2300 DeHoop Avenue Southwest, Wyoming, MI, 49509

Phone: 616-530-7309

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Sand Lake City Jail

Address: 2 East Maple Street PO Box 139, Sand Lake, MI, 49343

Phone: 616-636-8802

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Kent County Jail

Address: 14171 Sixteen Mile Road, Gowen, MI, 49326

Phone: 616-632-6391, 616-754-8552

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Kentwood City Jail

Address: 4742 Walma Avenue, Kentwood, MI, 49512

Phone: 616-698-6580

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Grand Rapids Jail

Address: 01 Monroe Center NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503

Phone: 616-456-3400, 616-456-3364

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East Grand Rapids City Jail

Address: 770 Lakeside Drive, SE, East Grand Rapids, MI, 49506

Phone: 616-949-7010

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Cedar Springs City Jail

Address: 66 South Main Street, Cedar Springs, MI, 49319

Phone: 616-696-1311

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