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Bellamy Creek Prison Overview

Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility, also identified by MDOC as IBC, is an MDOC prison at 1727 W. Bluewater Highway in Ionia. The current MDOC page names Warden Richard Brokaw, lists the public and visiting email mdoc-bellamy-public@michigan.gov, and gives telephone 616-527-2510. It opened in December 2001 and houses males age 18 and older. MDOC describes Bellamy Creek as a multi-level facility and the most recent facility built by the department.

Bellamy Creek is part of the Ionia state-prison cluster, but it has a different role from Ionia County Correctional Center. Local arrestees and pretrial defendants are handled by the county jail and 64A District Court. Bellamy Creek prisoners are sentenced adult men in state custody. A person transferred to Bellamy Creek after an Ionia County criminal case should be searched through MDOC OTIS, while a person newly arrested in Ionia County should be checked through the jail information line and court channels.

The MDOC Bellamy Creek facility page is the source for the captured facility image. It is the right source for the facility address, security levels, warden information, and program summaries.

The facility image supports the state-prison details from MDOC. It should not be read as a county jail roster or a booking report.

Bellamy Creek Inmate Population

The current MDOC facility page does not publish a live Bellamy Creek population count or rated capacity figure in the research material. The facility map notes that Prisoners of the Census lists a 1,854 population snapshot dated 6/30/2012. That number is a Census/reference snapshot, not a current prison count. It is useful for scale because Bellamy Creek is much larger than the local jail, but it should not be used as a live bed count.

Security levels are one of Bellamy Creek's defining facts. MDOC lists Levels I, II, and IV, protective housing, and administrative segregation. Those terms describe custody and supervision levels inside a state prison. They do not mean the same thing as county jail housing used before arraignment or before a local bond is posted. Families should confirm the prisoner's current facility and status through OTIS before using a visiting schedule, since transfers and housing changes affect access.

Bellamy Creek Inmate Lookup

Use MDOC OTIS to search for Bellamy Creek prisoners. OTIS is the statewide Offender Tracking Information System for people who are or were under MDOC jurisdiction. It can include prisoners, parolees, probationers, escapees or absconders, interstate compact cases, and people discharged within the last three years. It does not replace Ionia County jail channels because a new pretrial detainee may not be in MDOC custody.

OTIS is strongest when the MDOC number is known, but name searches can work when the spelling is accurate. After opening a profile, check the current status and current facility fields. If the profile shows Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility, then prison mail, money, phone, and visit rules apply. If OTIS has no result and the arrest was recent, check Ionia County Correctional Center through the jail information line and MiCOURT.

1. Open MDOC OTIS and search by MDOC number when available.
2. For a name search, enter last name and first name, then narrow with age, race, sex, or status if needed.
3. Open the matching profile and verify that the current facility is Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility.
4. Review status, sentence, offense, and discharge limits, keeping in mind that OTIS excludes information exempt under Michigan FOIA.

Bellamy Creek Address

Use the prison contact information for facility questions, visiting applications, and public inquiries. County jail staff do not manage Bellamy Creek visits or prisoner accounts. The facility's public email is intended for Bellamy Creek questions, while OTIS remains the statewide search tool.

Bellamy Creek Visiting Schedule

Bellamy Creek visits follow MDOC prison rules. Visitors must use the MDOC approval and scheduling process, and the housing group matters. The county jail's ICSolutions video-visit process does not apply to Bellamy Creek prisoners. Always confirm the prisoner's current facility and housing before relying on a schedule, because transfers and housing changes can affect the available blocks.

The MDOC Bellamy Creek visiting schedule is the source for the captured schedule image. It breaks visit times by segregation, protective custody, Level II, and Level IV units.

The image reflects the prison schedule source, while the table below gives the researched visiting blocks in text form.

Bellamy Creek Mail and Money

Bellamy Creek mail, phone, and money rules follow MDOC statewide family policies. Do not use the Ionia County jail's postcard-only mail rule, GovPay jail facility code, MoneyGram jail receive code, or ICSolutions jail-video account for Bellamy Creek unless MDOC separately instructs it. State prison mail and deposits are managed under MDOC family information policies, and facility staff or MDOC resources should be used for current formats and vendor instructions.

Bellamy Creek Prison Programs

MDOC lists a broad set of Bellamy Creek programs. Education includes Adult Basic Education, GED, special education for prisoners with learning disabilities, and Building Education Technology vocational training. The facility also has a Grand Valley State University bachelor-degree partnership. Work roles serve food service, library, recreation, and maintenance needs.

Behavioral and reentry services include group counseling, religious services, substance abuse programming, Michigan Sexual Abuse Prevention Program, Violence Prevention Program, Michigan Domestic Violence Programming, Thinking for a Change, and Leader Dogs for the Blind training. Bellamy Creek is also an MDOC In-Reach facility for reentry services, promoting Offender Success for prisoners paroling to a named group of counties that includes Ionia. The research also notes mental-health services from psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, an outpatient mental-health team, and referrals to outside medical facilities when needed.