Montana

One common option in Montana county facilities is funding a commissary account online or at a lobby kiosk, and Yellowstone County also allows you to mail a money order to the facility. Yellowstone County’s mail-in instructions require the inmate’s full name and jacket number and “ATTENTION MAIL OFFICER” in the address. For Montana DOC online deposits, Montana DOC states account creation requires the last four digits of your Social Security number, and it provides an assistance phone number.

Some facilities document free remote visits. Yellowstone County states all inmates get two free remote visits per week using a tablet or kiosk. Confirm what is included at your loved one’s specific facility, since programs and policies can differ.

In facilities that use a scanning vendor, originals are typically destroyed after processing. Yellowstone County’s mail procedures state the original letter and contents are destroyed and not held, forwarded, or returned. Lewis and Clark County also states mail sent to its Texas processing address is destroyed after it is processed and delivered electronically.

Sometimes, but not both directions. Yellowstone County states inmates may transfer money from TRUST (commissary) to COMMUNICATIONS, but they may not transfer money from COMMUNICATIONS back to TRUST.

For Yellowstone County bond inquiries, the facility states you can call Facility Booking at 406-256-6881. For inmate service requests in Yellowstone County, the facility states they are processed through the YCSO Civil Division at 406-256-2959 (and it also lists an email contact).

Usually no. Yellowstone County states ministers must be prior approved by the Facility Chaplain, and inmates must request a minister visit, family members cannot make the appointment for them.