Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Kalkaska County, Michigan, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kalkaska County is held at the county jail, run by the Kalkaska County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Kalkaska County public records, Kalkaska County arrest records, Kalkaska County warrants, Kalkaska County criminal records, Kalkaska County court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Kalkaska County
The county jail, run by the Kalkaska County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Kalkaska County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Kalkaska County Sheriff's Office at kalkaskasheriff.net (page title: KALKASKA COUNTY, MI SHERIFF'S OFFICE), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Kalkaska County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 26 people, down from about 35 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 62 beds, and it ran at 56 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Kalkaska County has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Kalkaska County Jail
The Kalkaska County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Kalkaska make the arrests that end in a booking in Kalkaska County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Kalkaska County: the Kalkaska County State Police (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Kalkaska County Sheriff's Office's 395 for 2025, Kalkaska's 72 for 2023 and Garfield Township's 0 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies in Kalkaska County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 343 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Kalkaska County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Michigan Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Kalkaska County?
Ask the Kalkaska County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at kalkaskasheriff.net.
How many people are in the Kalkaska County jail?
About 26 on an average day in 2020, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 62 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Kalkaska County go?
To a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
Is this the official Kalkaska County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.