MONTANA Prison & Criminal Justice DiscussionsTopics and conversations dealing with the State of Montana - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, Prison Visitation, Prison Mail & Phones, News & Information, etc.
My friend is at the TSCTC at Deer Lodge, should be getting out soon, I hope.
hey my husbands there too... hes been there since march 5 & just got his first phone call this saturday.. i didnt even get to talk to him cuz i only have a cell phone & didnt know they cant take collect calls. how is your man doin over there? cuz mines doin pretty bad.
My husband is sitting in county jail and most likely be sentenced and transferred to state prison in Deer Lodge. By the sounds of it that might not be so bad a place to go. Probation and interstate compact would be best preferred but Montana seems to play by rules only known to them so.
My son is 39 will be 40 in 16 days. He is at Deer Lodge. He was up at Shelby but got into some trouble and was sent back to Deer Lodge. There are only 2 things about this move I like.....1. He's closer to home. I live in Missoula about 1hr away. and 2. the phone calls are way cheaper. When he was in prison in Utah it was $20 for 15 min. Now it's less the $2 for 1/2 hr. He's in max right now so he can only call 2x a month.
That’s good that your son is now closer to you and it’s cheaper as well. I am sorry that you only hear from him twice a month, that sucks. May I ask how come the phone calls were $20 for 15 minutes before? In Shelby @ Crossroads it was ICSolutions as the phone provider, if I remember correctly that’s not the case with Deer Lodge? For a 15 minute call from my brother in Shelby to me or anyone in his family here in California it cost $4.06 and that’s at &0.21/min plus tax. My brothers wife actually got a phone local to the prison from Prison Connect and so she actually pays less than I do. But I set up my ICSolutions account as a prepaid collect account and not an inmate debit account. I wasn’t going to use my money that I make and basically give it to ICSolutions so my brother can then use it to call everyone but me. Lol. So I believe anyone in jail/prison with ICSolutions as the phone provider could call me. Which our local county jail uses ICSoltions. My brother calls his family all of he time, really a it’s expensive. I’ve asked him previously if there’s other people that want to use the phone. Lol. He informed me that our county jail here in California is bigger than the prison he is at now, Crossroads. I didn’t believe him so I looked it up and I’ll be damned, he is correct.
You said your son is in max right now, may I ask if he will be coming home one day? If not, I understand. I am not one to judge, we’re Californians and I have my brother in prison over 1300 miles away in Montana and we have a cousin in prison here in California, his father lives in Montana. It’s unlikely our cousin will ever be released and if so it will only be for a senior parole clause, I forgot how it’s worded but basically because he’ll be a senior and out of pity parole him if they feels he’s an eligible candidacy for that.
When he was in prison in Utah the phone calls were $20 for 15 min. Calling from Deer Lodge is under $2 for 30 min. I love it. I may not be able to keep him in spending money, I can afford to keep $ on the books for phone calls. Once things get going on my side we, his sister, brother-in-law, 2 nephews and me will be taking a ride over for a visit. He's about an hour away. It was really hard when he was in Utah. He was there 17 yrs and I was only able to visit him once. I asked for a special visit since I lived so far away and they turned me down. My daughter and I drove 400 miles to visit with him for 45 min!!!! I think he has another 5 yrs in Deer Lodge before he's up for parole. He was up at Shelby not too long ago. He was involved in a fight so they sent him to max in Deer Lodge
Is your son still in Deer Lodge? My brother is still in Shelby. I miss him so much. Our father passed away this pst July, unfortunately. Now out of our family there’s just my brother and I left and we are separated by 1300 miles. Of course we have our spouses and children but out of our little family of us and mom and dad it’s just us and really just me now holding down the fort or at least trying to. I never thought this is how life would end up. Hope your son is doing well
Or hanging in there.