Yellowstone County Detention Center

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The Yellowstone County Detention Center is located at 3165 King Avenue East in Billings, MT and is a medium security county jail operated by the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Yellowstone County Detention Center, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Yellowstone County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Yellowstone County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Yellowstone County Detention Center Inmate Roster has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find the same information on anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Yellowstone County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Yellowstone County Detention Center includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You must answer some basic questions, such as your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be released in the morning.

Yellowstone County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list information about each visitor to the Yellowstone County Detention Center in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the log for the inmate. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Yellowstone County Detention Center change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at (406) 256-6881 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Yellowstone County Detention Center you must be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 cellphones are allowed at Yellowstone County Detention Center, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Yellowstone County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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 Yellowstone County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Yellowstone County Detention Center jail inmates can change at any time, so be sure to visit the Yellowstone County Detention Center site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (406) 256-6881 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 Yellowstone County Detention Center store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including 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 Yellowstone County Detention Center inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Yellowstone County Detention Center phone number is: (406) 256-6881

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services 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 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 Yellowstone County Detention Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 finding out 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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