Blaine County Jail

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The Blaine County Jail is located at 400 Ohio in Chinook, MT and is a medium security county jail operated by the Blaine County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Blaine County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Blaine County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Blaine County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Blaine County Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting hours. You can find the same information about anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their inmate information fast if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Blaine County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Blaine County Jail is made up of these steps:

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

You have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process takes from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, plan to get released that morning.

Blaine County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Blaine County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Blaine County Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at (406) 357-3260 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Blaine County Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Blaine County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 old and is not a family member of 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 Blaine County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Blaine County 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 Blaine County 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 Blaine County 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, 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 Blaine County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Blaine County Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so we suggest that you visit the Blaine County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Blaine County 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 Blaine County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (406) 357-3260 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 Blaine County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need 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 inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Blaine County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (406) 357-3260

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 the prices. The profits 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 Blaine County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 finding out 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. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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