Silver Bow County Detention Center

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The Silver Bow County Detention Center is located at 155 West Quartz Street in Butte, MT and is a medium security county jail operated by the Silver Bow County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything related to the Silver Bow County Detention Center, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Silver Bow County Detention Center, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and tips you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Silver Bow County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Silver Bow County Detention Center Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can get info about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Silver Bow County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Silver Bow County Detention Center includes the following 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 step is that you will have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the phone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you can get out of jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Silver Bow County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Silver Bow County Detention Center in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the facility at (406) 497-1040 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Silver Bow County Detention Center you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Silver Bow County Detention Center, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Silver Bow County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Silver Bow County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Silver Bow County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Silver Bow County Detention Center site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (406) 497-1040 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 Silver Bow County Detention Center store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from 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 money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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

The only phone calls that Silver Bow County Detention Center inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Silver Bow County Detention Center phone number is: (406) 497-1040

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Silver Bow County Detention Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 decrease 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 significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Silver Bow County Detention Center, click the link below.

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