Helena Police Jail

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The Helena Police Jail is located at 221 Breckenridge Street in Helena, MT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Helena Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Helena Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Helena Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you advice and information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Helena Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Helena Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find information for anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Helena Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Helena Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it depends on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Helena Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Helena Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Helena Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so call the official Helena Police Jail at 406-447-8476 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Helena Police Jail you have to have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Helena Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 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 Helena Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Helena 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 Helena 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 Helena 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry online or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Lewis And Clark County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Lewis And Clark County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates might change, so double check the Helena Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Helena 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 Helena Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 406-447-8476 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 Helena Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from 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 inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Helena Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made at home. 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 are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Helena Police Jail phone number is: 406-447-8476

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Helena 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 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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