Chouteau County Detention Center

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The Chouteau County Detention Center is located at 1215 Washington in Fort Benton, MT and is a medium security county jail operated by the Chouteau County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Chouteau County Detention Center, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Chouteau County Detention Center, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Chouteau County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Chouteau County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chouteau County Detention Center Inmate List is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find the same information on anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information faster if you have their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Chouteau County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Chouteau County Detention Center takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. So, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Chouteau County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide information about each visitor to the Chouteau County Detention Center in advance. This information will be entered in a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the official Chouteau County Detention Center at (406) 622-5451 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Chouteau County Detention Center you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Chouteau County Detention Center, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Chouteau County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chouteau County Detention Center is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Chouteau County Detention Center. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Chouteau County Detention Center to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Chouteau County jail website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Chouteau County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Chouteau County Detention Center inmates might change, so review the Chouteau County Detention Center website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chouteau County Detention Center

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Chouteau County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (406) 622-5451 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Chouteau County Detention Center store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

All phone calls from the Chouteau County Detention Center are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

The Chouteau County Detention Center phone number is: (406) 622-5451

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Chouteau County Detention Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Chouteau County Detention Center, click the link below.

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