Morton County Correctional Center

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The Morton County Correctional Center is located at 215 1st Avenue NW in Mandan, ND and is a medium security county jail operated by the Morton County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the Morton County Correctional Center, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Morton County Correctional Center, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help others is welcome.

Morton County Correctional Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Morton County Correctional Center Inmate List is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get the same information about anyone processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their inmate information faster if you have their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Morton County Correctional Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Morton County Correctional Center is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you can get released from jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should plan to get released that morning.

Morton County Correctional Center Visitation

The inmate have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Morton County Correctional Center in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the official Morton County Correctional Center at (701) 667-3330 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Morton County Correctional Center you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Morton County Correctional Center, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Morton County Correctional Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Morton County Correctional 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 Morton County Correctional 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 Morton County Correctional 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Morton County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Morton County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Morton County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates is likely to change, so you should review the Morton County Correctional Center site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Morton County Correctional 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 Morton County Correctional Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (701) 667-3330 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 Morton County Correctional Center store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Morton County Correctional Center are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (701) 667-3330

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Morton County Correctional Center. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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