Foley is home to the Benton County Jail. This prison facility holds inmates sentenced in Foley and Benton County Courts and courts of other cities in the Benton County area areas. Benton County Jail is one of several medium prisons for the State of MN. In order to visit inmates at Benton County Jail, you'll be traveling to Foley, MN, 56329-9183 in Benton. The address of this facility is listed as 581 Highway 23. But it's important that you verify that your inmate is at this location before making travel arrangements.
Prisons in MN, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of Benton County Jail. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here:
jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, click here:
send postcards. Once you get set up with call service and can communicate with your inmate, it will be easier to start making plans for visitation. MN has many types of prison facility. City Jails, County Jails, State Jails and State Penitentiaries will each have their own rules and times for visitation and even rules for sending and receiving inmate mail
Benton County Jail is a County Jail facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Benton County Jail will be treated. Prison is expensive. Even public prison facilities appear to be operating like for-profit prisons these days. Long distance phone calls are a favorite way for jails to make money. Charging inmates for everything from soap to toothpaste is another. Even sending your inmate money to buy these things will come with an added fee. The first thing to do is set up an economical line of communication as suggested above. Then you can communicate with the inmate to discuss a reasonable budget and how the family can work together to pay and keep it.
Benton County Jail is located in the CST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Benton County Jail warden is Sheriff Meyer Gilbert. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Benton County Jail currently holds around 481 inmates. At full capacity Benton County Jail was built to hold 508. How crowded Benton County Jail is at any moment can significantly affect living conditions. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Benton County Jail by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Benton County Jail. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.