This website is a private reference guide, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, change a release date, or pull official booking records. For those actions, contact the government office that holds the record or operates the custody system.
Where to Look for an Alpena Record
For local jail questions, start with the Alpena County Sheriff's Office & Jail, 4900 M32 W, Alpena, MI 49707. The main phone is 989-354-9830, the fax number is 989-340-1008, public hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the jail contact listed by the county is Sergeant Christina Suszek, Jail Administrator, at suszekc@alpenacounty.org. General sheriff email is sheriff@alpenacounty.org. Written FOIA requests may be sent by mail, fax, email, or hand delivery; Alpena County generally has five business days to respond unless a ten-business-day extension applies, and fees may be charged.
Use the record path that matches the type of custody or case information you need:
- For someone recently booked into the Alpena County jail, use the jail inmate records guide and the sheriff-linked JailTracker current inmate roster. City of Alpena police are a law-enforcement agency, but the city page does not publish a separate city jail.
- For booking images or photo-related limits, use the jail roster mugshots page and follow up through the sheriff/jail or FOIA process when the roster does not show what you need.
- For charges and hearings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest. The 26th Circuit Court is at 720 W Chisholm Street, Suite 1, phone 989-354-9573; district and probate court services are at the County Annex, 719 W Chisholm St. The Alpena County Prosecuting Attorney is Cynthia Muszynski at 719 W Chisholm Street, County Annex Building, Suite 2, phone 989-354-9738.
- For facility address, phone, and jail-specific basics, use the Alpena County Sheriff's Office & Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Michigan prisoner or person under state supervision, use the Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS locator at mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/Search; OTIS is not the county jail roster.
- For federal custody, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator at bop.gov/inmate_locator. For immigration custody, use the ICE detainee locator at locator.ice.gov. For custody alerts rather than full records, use Michigan VINE at vinelink.vineapps.com/state/MI.