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.
Schoolcraft County, Michigan, has about 8,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Schoolcraft County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one state agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Schoolcraft County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Schoolcraft County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Schoolcraft County
The Schoolcraft County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Schoolcraft County. It reported 1 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists one city in Schoolcraft County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Manistique, 2,871 residents: 93 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Schoolcraft County: the Schoolcraft County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Schoolcraft County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Manistique: 93 for 2025, 123 for 2024, 115 for 2023, 65 for 2022, 110 for 2021 and 75 for 2020.
- Schoolcraft County Sheriff's Office: 1 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 1 for 2021, 0 for 2020 and 11 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 116 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 116 in 2023 against 65 in 2022, up 78 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Schoolcraft County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Schoolcraft County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 20 people, up from about 18 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Schoolcraft County Sheriff's Office at schoolcraftcounty.net/government/elected-officials/sheriff (page title: Schoolcraft County), phone 906-341-2122, 300 Main Street Manistique, MI 49855, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Michigan Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Schoolcraft County
An arrest in Schoolcraft County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Schoolcraft County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at micourt.courts.michigan.gov/case-search); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at schoolcraftcounty.net/government/elected-officials/prosecuting-atto..., phone 906-341-3691).
Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
Michigan is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10 a search, through the Michigan State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Schoolcraft County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, and it may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps.
- An arrest by the Schoolcraft County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 906-341-2122.
- An arrest in Manistique: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Schoolcraft County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 906-341-3691, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Schoolcraft County Circuit Court, through the court records page at micourt.courts.michigan.gov/case-search.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Schoolcraft County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Manistique, the one city in Schoolcraft County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Schoolcraft County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Schoolcraft County each year?
Manistique reported 93 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Schoolcraft County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 116 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Schoolcraft County?
Ask the Schoolcraft County Sheriff's Office at 906-341-2122; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at schoolcraftcounty.net.
Where are people arrested in Schoolcraft County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Schoolcraft County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Schoolcraft County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Michigan State Police: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Schoolcraft County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Schoolcraft County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension.
Is this the official Schoolcraft 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.