Laurel MT Police Jail is a municipal / police jail facility located at 215 West 1st Street PO Box 10 Laurel , MT 59101,and servicing 0. Municipal / Police Jail facilities, often known as city jails or town jails, usually hold pre-trial detainees. They are usually the first place a person is taken post-arrest, if the arrest occurs within the municipality or if the city jail is a designated holding place for nearby municipalities. It is not uncommon for a city jail to be the designated holding facility for nearby municipalities, especially in sparsely populated areas. However, upon arrest people may also be transferred to a county jail facility. Therefore, you may need to contact multiple jails to locate an individual immediately after the individual has been arrested. Laurel MT Police Jail's phone number is 406-628-8737 .Friends and family who are attempting to locate a recently detained loved one can use that number to find out if the person is being held at Laurel MT Police Jail

Generally, municipal jails are pre-trial holding facilities. However, they may also be post-conviction incarceration facilities for people convicted of minor crimes, generally misdemeanors. Usually supervised by a municipal police chief in conjunction with other local government leaders, jails offer a large amount of flexibility for those being detained and a post-conviction environment that is generally smaller and safer than a prison setting. The drawback of a jail setting is that municipal jails usually lack the access to prison programming that one finds in prison settings, so that inmates may be unable to access education, vocational, or addiction programming.

If you have a loved one being detained in Laurel MT Police Jail, then you need to follow the jail's instructions for inmate phone calls. Laurel MT Police Jail's website, http://laurel.mt.gov/departments/police-department/ can provide additional information about mailing packages to inmates.

If you have a friend or loved one who is a pre-trial detainee at Laurel MT Police Jail you probably have many questions about the post-arrest legal process. The reality is that legal professionals are your best resource for answering these questions, because every individual faces different circumstances once arrested. Advice that is helpful for one person could actually be detrimental to another person. This is where bail bond services and criminal defense attorneys become invaluable resources. For example, many pre-trial detainees are eligible for pre-trial release, which an attorney can negotiate and a bail bond service can help you secure. Additionally, while criminal defendants are entitled to state appointed attorneys, this right may not apply if a defendant is only facing misdemeanor charges, even though the consequences of a misdemeanor conviction can still be significant. Consulting with a defense attorney about options is one way to try to ensure that your loved one's rights are protected during his or her interactions with the criminal justice system.