Manhattan Police Jail

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The Manhattan Police Jail is located at 120 West Main Street in Manhattan, MT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Manhattan Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Manhattan Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that would be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Manhattan Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Manhattan Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can get the same information for anyone booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Manhattan Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Manhattan Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First you must answer some basic questions, such as your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Manhattan Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name to the Manhattan Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. All visitors has to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Manhattan Police Jail at 406-284-6630 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Manhattan Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Manhattan Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must 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, 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 Manhattan Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Manhattan Police Jail 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 Manhattan Police Jail. 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 Manhattan Police Jail 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Gallatin County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind 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, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Gallatin County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Gallatin County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to the Gallatin County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates change frequently, so you should double check the Manhattan Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Manhattan Police Jail

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 Manhattan Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 406-284-6630 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 Manhattan Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Manhattan Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

The Manhattan Police Jail phone number is: 406-284-6630

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls are shared 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 Manhattan Police Jail. The prices 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 decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Manhattan Police Jail, click the link below.

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