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	Visits will be conducted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays between the hours of 13:00hrs to 15:00hrs. Visits by family or friends which come to visit from extreme distances must clear special visitation before arriving with the Undersheriff or Sheriff. Dispatchers/Staff will ensure that visits with family members and friends are at least twenty (20) minutes in length. Personnel may allow longer visits if it does not restrict the visits of other inmates. Dispatchers/Staff will not allow more than two (2) family members or friends to a visit with an inmate at any given time during a scheduled visit. Visiting Rules: Visits are held at the Chouteau County Detention Facility three (3) times weekly to permit inmates to be visited by family members and friends. Visitors under eighteen (18) years of age will be permitted to visit with an inmate if supervised by an accompanying parent. Visits are restricted to two (2) family members or friends at any given time. Visits will be twenty (20) minutes in length. All visitors are required to register with the Dispatcher/Staff. Any visitor who brings, or attempts to bring, any items of contraband into the Detention Facility will be prosecuted to the fullest extend of the law. Visitors who are intoxicated or acting out will not be permitted to visit with an inmate. Inmates and visitors will conduct themselves appropriately at all the times. It is important that you respect the rights of fellow inmates and visitors to visit without incident. When an inmate or a visitor does not conduct themselves properly, detention personnel will discontinue the visit, ask the visitor to leave, and return the inmate to his cell. All visitors will leave the visiting area when told to do so by detention personnel. Visitors are not allowed to enter any other area in the facility unless under escort by an Officer. When preparing to leave, the visitor will check with the Dispatcher/Staff. Special visits may be approved by the Sheriff or Undersheriff. Professional visits, (attorneys, clergy, etc.) may visit at any reasonable time, excluding meal times. Attorneys and clergy may be subject to search prior to and after a contact visit. For inmate information please call 406-622-5451. Incoming Mail: The Chouteau County Detention Facility will distribute mail to inmates on the same day it arrives at the Detention Facility. The Sheriff or the Undersheriff will sort and deliver inmate mail to the Control Room. The Dispatcher/Staff will inspect inmate's mail, with the exception of legal correspondence/privileged mail, for contraband. The Dispatcher/Staff will enter the amount of funds received in the mail on the appropriate inmate's bank account form. The Dispatcher/Staff will inspect all packages for contraband and retain items not permitted. Detention personnel will open and inspect legal correspondence/privileged mail in the presence of the inmate to whom it is addressed. The following items will not be received through the mail at Chouteau County Detention Facility: Checks or cash Polaroid pictures Tobacco products Loose stamps Nude, partially nude, violent or gang related pictures Wooden or metal items, plastic items, such as phone cards Jewelry - handmade, store purchased or otherwise Cards with ribbons, musical cards, and no plastic on greeting cards Envelopes or packages with plastic bubbles Stickers Oversized, cardboard, or handmade glued, layered cards No express mail or priority mail (large cardboard envelopes). Items that are allowed include: Money Orders Newspapers and books by subscription or publisher only Up to 15 blank sheets of paper and up to 10 stamped envelopes Only three copied pages from books, puzzle books, etc. may be received at a time. For more information about what items are allowed into the Detention Facility, call 406-622-5451. The Chouteau County Detention Facility is certified by both the State of Montana and a number of federal agencies to hold prisoners. It is one of only a hand-full of local detention facilities to meet state and federal standards and has done so since 1986. There is an administrator who is also a Deputy Sheriff and two full time detention officers. Officers are trained and certified through the State of Montana. The facility can hold up to 32 inmates, with the average daily population averaging 25 inmates per day. It is the goal of the Chouteau County Detention Facility to return inmates to the community in no worse condition than when they were committed to our custody. We will strive to return inmates in better condition, physically and emotionally, and to encourage convicted offenders not to repeat their criminal activity. The Chouteau County Detention Facility offers inmate housing for transfers from and to State or Federal Detention Facilities. For further information about this program, contact the Detention Facility at 406-622-5451. Visitation hours and policy: Each visitor is required to prove their identity prior to being allowed to visit. Proof of identity may be in the form of picture id including but not limited too: State driver's license. State identification card. Agency identification card. Military identification card. The Dispatcher/Staff will hold all visitors in the lobby until they have been cleared. The Dispatcher/Staff will not allow a visitor under the age of eighteen (18) to visit with an inmate, except when supervised by an accompanying parent. Inmate's visits with family members and friends will be conducted according to the visiting procedures of the Chouteau County Detention Facility. Dispatchers/Staff will conduct inmate visits with family members and friends according to the following schedule:
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