How to Contact an Inmate at MCF-Stillwater, MN (MN)
Reaching someone at MCF-Stillwater is fairly straightforward once you know two things: visits require an approved appointment, and all calls are monitored or recorded.
Phone calls from incarcerated people at MCF-Stillwater are monitored or recorded by staff. Your loved one is notified of this in writing, and a notice is posted by each telephone. Expect that anything said on the phone can be reviewed for security purposes. Keep private or sensitive topics for another time.
All in-person visits at MCF-Stillwater are by approved appointment only. Staff supervise every visit to maintain security and the welfare of everyone involved.
Contact limits: Physical contact is limited to a hug and a handshake at arrival and departure.
Steps to Follow
- ✓ Set up an approved appointment for visiting (walk-ins are not the standard process).
- Start your JPay video visit - when you join, a pop-up will ask to access your web camera and microphone.
- Click Allow - approving camera and microphone access is required for the video visit to work.
- ✓ Assume phone calls are monitored or recorded by staff.
- ✓ Expect clear notice of monitoring, including posted signs by each telephone, and written notification to incarcerated people.
- ✓ Plan for supervised visits, with staff oversight for security and welfare.
- ✓ Keep sensitive information off calls since monitoring or recording is part of the system.
- ✓ Keep physical contact to the allowed greeting and goodbye (a hug and a handshake at arrival and departure).
- ✓ Be ready for a non-contact setup in a booth using a telephone or video camera.
- ✓ Plan for the possibility that a non-contact visit is limited to one hour because of space limitations.
Before you make the trip or set up a video session, confirm the current appointment process for visits. If you're using video visitation, double-check the current provider and the login steps for your device. Even when the on-screen flow looks familiar (including prompts to allow camera and microphone access), procedures can change without much notice.
- ✓ Whether phone calls are monitored or recorded, and any related expectations you should follow
- ✓ Whether notices about monitoring are posted by each telephone and how that policy is communicated
- ✓ How supervision works during visits, and what staff will require in the visiting area
- ✓ Whether your visit will be contact or non-contact, including the use of non-contact booths via telephone or video camera
- ✓ Whether a non-contact visit may be limited to one hour due to space limitations
- ✓ The exact physical-contact limits (hug and handshake at arrival and departure)
Verify the missing details: This article covers only what the provided materials support. For anything not listed here (like hours, IDs, fees, and the exact scheduling method), check directly with MCF-Stillwater or official Minnesota DOC resources.
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