No Mackinac 72-Hour Feed
The Mackinac County Sheriff page and jail page do not expose a verified public name roster or a distinct rolling 72-hour release view. There is no official URL, displayed time window, field list, update schedule, retention period, or photo function to report. The county’s official jail material does confirm MI-VINE participation and gives a direct jail contact. That makes notification and agency verification the honest online and phone routes.
A three-day request should not be called a standing feed. It is a request for records that the Sheriff already keeps, if an existing log covers the chosen period. Michigan FOIA does not require an office to create a new compilation. Exact dates and times matter because “Friday through Monday” is not always the same span as a rolling 72 hours.
Define Mackinac Three-Day Releases
Begin by deciding what period answers the question. A rolling window ends at the moment of the check. A calendar request can cover named dates. A weekend inquiry may start late Friday and end Monday morning or evening. Write both endpoints with the Eastern time zone so the county can identify the records sought without guessing.
| Window type | How to state it | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| Rolling 72 hours | Exact start and end date, time, and time zone | A literal three-day period measured from the current check |
| Weekend range | Friday start through Monday endpoint | Departures across closed office hours and court transitions |
| Named calendar days | Midnight start through the final day’s endpoint | A stable date range that can be repeated later |
Ask for actual release timestamps rather than relying on a date printed in a court case. A judge may sign an order before the jail receives it, checks other holds, completes forms, and returns property. Likewise, a Monday court entry may explain an event that jail records timestamp more precisely.
Note: Preserve the request endpoints and response date so a later search can use the same period and compare like with like.
Check Mackinac 72-Hour Releases
No single public screen completes this task. Use a sequence that starts with the local custodian, adds notification and court context, and then creates a durable record through FOIA. The official jail page is the source for Mackinac County Jail and its VINE route.
- Set the exact three-day or weekend endpoints. Include dates, times, and Eastern time.
- For one person, call Mackinac County Jail at (906) 643-7325. Ask if the person remains held and whether any departure was a release or transfer.
- Search MI-VINE by exact name and match the participating agency. Treat it as near-current status, not a lasting archive.
- Use MiCOURT to review the matching Mackinac case for bond, dismissal, sentencing, probation, remand, or other legal events.
- Request the Sheriff’s existing release-log entries or a named person’s booking/release summary for the defined period.
- Follow any transfer in the receiving authority’s system. Use OTIS for MDOC intake, not as a county-jail release archive.
Phone disclosure may be limited. That does not turn an online miss into proof. It means the written record route matters more. For a same-day question rather than a weekend range, the 24-Hour Release List gives a shorter verification path.
Mackinac 72-Hour Record Fields
There is no verified online table to describe. The fields below are the useful items to identify in a request for existing records. Availability varies by booking, and statutory exemptions or redactions may apply. Requesting a field is not a claim that the county publishes it in every case.
| Field | Release meaning |
|---|---|
| Full booked name | Links the event to the correct person and booking. |
| Booking number | Separates one custody episode from another. |
| Actual release date and time | Places checkout inside or outside the requested window. |
| Release code or type | Explains bond, sentence completion, court action, or another basis. |
| Authority ordering release | Identifies the court or legal source for the change. |
| Destination or transfer agency | Distinguishes community release from continued custody elsewhere. |
| Outstanding hold notation | Shows whether another authority affected the departure. |
A booking photo can be requested as a separate item, but no county recent-release photo gallery was verified. Do not assume that a photo is present in every file or available without review. The record custodian applies Michigan law to the specific material.
Mackinac Weekend Release Timing
A weekend range is useful because it gathers events across several dates and office schedules. It does not create a special release rule. No official Mackinac County weekend-release policy, fixed gate time, or published processing timetable was found. A sentence endpoint on a weekend or holiday must be read with the court judgment, the Sheriff’s computation, other holds, and the actual release record.
Michigan law contains provisions that can affect timing for some county-jail sentences, including county-jail good time, credit for time served, and specified weekend or legal-holiday expiration language. Those rules cannot be turned into a blanket promise that every eligible person leaves on Friday. Concurrent or consecutive terms, a later court order, forfeited or restored credit, and a hold from another authority can change the outcome.
- Release
- County jail custody ends and the person returns to the community, subject to any court terms or supervision.
- Transfer
- The Mackinac jail stops holding the person because another authority takes custody.
- Remand
- A court directs that the person be held in custody rather than released.
Ask the jail for the operational fact. Use the court record for the legal basis. Neither source should be forced to answer the other office’s part of the event.
Note: A Monday database update may describe an earlier event, so use the actual release timestamp instead of the day a screen changed.
Request Mackinac Weekend Records
Mackinac County’s FOIA Coordinator is the County Clerk. Under the county FOIA procedures, a focused request can seek existing Mackinac County Jail release-log entries from a stated Friday date and time through a stated Monday endpoint. Identify actual release time, booking number, disposition, and transfer destination where those fields exist and are nonexempt. Ask for electronic copies and make clear that the request does not seek a new compilation.
Mackinac County Clerk
FOIA Coordinator
100 S. Marley, Room 10
St. Ignace, MI 49781
(906) 643-7300
Fax: (906) 643-7302
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, excluding holidays
No special form is required. The county policy allows a letter, email, fax, or form that describes the record. The statutory response comes within five business days and can include one extension notice for up to ten more business days. The response may grant, deny, partly grant, or state that a record is online. This schedule does not establish the jail’s release-feed cadence.
Permitted fees may include itemized labor, copies, media, and mailing. An estimate over $50 can lead to a good-faith deposit of no more than half, subject to the policy and statute. Inspection during office hours is another option. If part is exempt, ask for reasonably segregable nonexempt portions and the cited basis for each redaction.
If the county does not keep a single release log in the form requested, the office need not build one. A named booking/release summary may still exist. Ask which existing record records departures, then revise the description without turning it into a set of questions. A partial response should separate material that can be disclosed from material withheld under a cited exemption. The county policy also provides administrative and court appeal paths for a denial.
Trace Mackinac Release Destinations
Mackinac County has one verified detention facility in the county source set, the Mackinac County Jail in St. Ignace. A departure can be a bond release, recognizance, time served, sentence end, dismissal-related release, or another court-authorized community event. It can also be transport to MDOC, another county, federal custody, or immigration custody.
When the disposition names MDOC, search OTIS after intake. OTIS covers Michigan felony offenders under MDOC jurisdiction, not each person who spent time in the county jail. A “parolee” status means prison release into conditional state supervision. “Discharged” means MDOC jurisdiction ended. Neither label should be substituted for the Sheriff’s date of checkout from Mackinac County Jail.
For a federal or immigration transfer, use the receiving system. The Bureau of Prisons locator addresses BOP custody, while ICE’s locator has a limited recent-release scope. MiCOURT addresses cases, not physical custody. These separate records may describe the same person at different stages, so always record which custodian used the word “released.”
Older events call for a different balance. MI-VINE is a present-information and alert service, while the Sheriff record and court file provide more durable history. OTIS generally keeps discharged MDOC offenders visible for three years after discharge, but that state display period does not govern county jail records. A vanished online result should lead back to the record custodian, not to a claim that the release or case never existed.
Note: Follow the Mackinac release destination into the named system instead of treating each county departure as community release.