The Missoula County Detention Facility (MCDF) opened on Nov. 1, 1999, replacing the overcrowded and outdated facility on the fourth floor of the courthouse annex.

The facility has two main components: a juvenile detention facility and a county adult detention facility.  The total capacity of both components is 394.

MCDF operates similar to a self-contained town, with a clinic, library, school, counselors, dentist, phone system, commissary (store), banking, housing, religious services, courts and a staff that provides maintenance and security functions. MCDF operates a kitchen that serves approximately 1,200 nutritious meals a day. We have visiting areas for families, friends and attorneys.

The Detention Facility is a division of the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office  and is headed by a Commander and Captain and requires nearly 130 total staff to operate. The Missoula County Sheriff and Undersheriff oversee and manage all divisions within the Sheriff’s Office. There are also several jobs within the jail that inmates perform for a minimal wage. These positions include cooking, cleaning, laundry services, working in the library and floor maintenance.

The Detention Facility is located at 2340 Mullan Road. Please call (406) 258-4000 with any questions.

Visitation

In person public visitation is available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

• Offsite video visitation can be scheduled online at www.smartinmate.com.  Video visitation is available via schedule and on-demand.  It is the inmate’s responsibility to convey their availability to visitors for video visits. 

Mail

Routine Postal mail for inmates at MCDF is processed by Smart Communications at an off-site facility.  To ensure your postal mail reaches the intended inmate, please review this information carefully.

Routine mail:  All regular incoming correspondence between an inmate’s friends and family and excludes all legal mail, packages, books, magazines, periodicals, and religious mail.

Routine postal mail must be sent to an inmate using the following format:

Smart Communications/Missoula County Detention Facility
Inmate Name and Global #
PO Box 9182
Seminole, FL 33775-3197

Non-Routine mail:  All legal mail, packages, books, magazines, periodicals, and religious mail.

 Non-Routine mail must be sent to an inmate using the following format:

Inmate Name 
Missoula County Detention Facility
2340 Mullan Rd
Missoula, MT 59808

Photographs and pictures included in routine mail will be scanned in color.  After being scanned, the physical portion of the mail will be destroyed.  Do not send items in postal mail you wish to have returned to you.  Mail senders can create a free account at www.MailGuardTracker.com to see if mail has been received, approved, or rejected.  You can also utilize optional email or text message notifications to receive status updates and have any rejected mail returned to you electronically.

 To avoid rejection of your mail, please adhere to the following:

• Photos will not include sexually explicit or gang related images.  Sexually explicit is defined as any sexually explicit photographs or other material which shows, depicts, or represents, an person, whether male or female, in a partial or total state of nudity; or any photographs or other material with is lewd, obscene, or sexually suggestive in nature.  MCDF Administration, or designee, will make the final determination as to material related to this clause.
• Do not include in your mail: items which cannot be scanned, newspaper clippings, magazines, envelopes, stamps, blank paper, letters or cards with glitter or any kind of shiny substance, items allowed for purchase on commissary which include, but are not limited to, writing/drawing, and hygiene items sent in from a vendor or private party, or any illegal substances or medications.
• Be sure to include your name and return address.  Mail without this information will be rejected.

 

Communications

Smart Communications provides telecommunication services to inmates at MCDF so they can remain connected with family & friends, legal counsel, and others in their communities.

 Inmates are afforded opportunities for telephone calls, video visitation, and email type messaging, via kiosks and tablets in their housing units. 

For more information about inmate communications, please visit www.smartinmate.com.

 

Deposits

• Electronic deposits can be made with a debit/credit card online at www.correctpay.com for commissary.  Inmates can purchase many items from commissary to include specialized hygiene, food, stationary, games, and phone time/message credits for communications.
• Family & friends who wish to make deposits directly to communications platforms (phone, messaging, video visitation), should do so at www.smartinmate.com.  Family & Friends can choose to fund their own account, so an inmate may only call them, or fund the inmate’s PIN account, so the inmate may call anyone with the funds.
• Funds can be mailed to 2340 Mullan Road – Missoula, MT  59808. 
  • The inmate’s name as well as the sender’s name and address must be included on the envelope.
  • All appropriate fields must be completed on the money order.  If all relevant information is not included, the money order or cashier’s check will be returned to the sender.
  • We do not accept personal checks.
  • Money orders have a limit of $200.00.

• Funds can also be deposited at MCDF via kiosk or reception, or at the Missoula County Courthouse kiosk, located on the 2^nd floor of the Annex outside the Sheriff’s Office.

 

Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)

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The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was signed into law by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2003. It was created to eliminate sexual abuse in confinement facilities including adult prisons and jails, lockups, community confinement facilities and juvenile facilities.  PREA includes forty-three (43) standards that define three clear goals, to prevent, detect and respond to sexual abuse.  Read more...

 

County Jail

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The Missoula County Jail portion of the Detention Facility holds inmates that have been found guilty and sentenced to county jail time (less than one year). The facility also holds people who have been accused of a crime, and who are awaiting trial. We hold inmates for several different law enforcement agencies in Montana, including Missoula Police Department, Montana Highway Patrol, University of Montana Police, the US Marshals Service, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, other County Sheriff’s offices, and the US Forest Service.

Public Jail Roster - To return to this page, close the browser window for the Jail Roster.

Trying to find information on an inmate in the Montana Department of Corrections system? Visit http://app.mt.gov/conweb and search the state's Correctional Offender Network website.

 

Juvenile Detention

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The Missoula County Detention Facility staffs and manages a 24-bed juvenile detention unit, which houses male and female juveniles between the ages of ten and 17 years of age. The unit is licensed annually by the Montana Department of Corrections (DOC). The unit is operated in accordance with the Administrative Rules of Montana, the Montana Youth Court Act and the American Correctional Association Juvenile Standards and Practices.

The facility offers educational, religious, and recreational programs to address the needs of juveniles placed in detention by the courts or law enforcement officers.

The unit has a level system that rewards good behavior by increasing privileges, such as the amount of dayroom time, the items authorized for purchase from commissary, extra recreation time, the addition of contact visiting privileges with their parents and different wakeup and shower times. Juveniles, who violate the facility rules of conduct, are afforded a hearing for due process and to involve the youth in their own accountability. A written grievance procedure allows juveniles to address their concerns and participate in affirmative efforts that teach responsibility and accountability.

Juveniles also have an hour of recreation, with a choice of indoor or outdoor recreation (weather permitting). Each juvenile has free telephone time, plus 30 minutes of visitation daily to encourage them to maintain contact with their immediate family.

Mental health and medical treatment are available to address the healthcare needs of juveniles.

The facility employs equal numbers of specially trained, gender-specific staff to ensure the care, welfare, safety, and security of every youth placed in custody. Missoula County has consistently proven the priority placed on the value of our youth and the potential that can be encouraged and mentored through the consistent efforts of dedicated, specially trained staff utilizing evidence-based, best practices.