The McKenzie County ND Jail in McKenzie County serves as a prison facility for the city of Watford City and other smaller towns surrounding McKenzie. As well as inmates awaiting transfer to other prisons, jails and State penitentiaries. When ND residents are sentenced to a medium prison, they are often sent to McKenzie County ND Jail. The listed address of McKenzie County ND Jail is 201 5th St NW. This is facility is located in Watford City, ND, 58854-7119. This city is in McKenzie. Before traveling, you should always call the jail to verify your inmate is still located at this address and that they can receive visitors.
Maintaining contact with friends and family is important for the health and wellbeing of both inmates and their family. Sadly, many prisons don't make this easy. Phone charges of up to $14 a minute for long distance calls create financial burdens on inmate families who must pay for these calls. Thankfully services from Securtel help avoid these additional charges by creating a local phone number an inmate can call that will connect to any long-distance number. By eliminating the long-distance surcharge, inmates can talk to friends and family at the local rate no matter where they might live. You can set this up with Securtel.coml at
inmate calls. To send mail to an inmate you can visit
send postcards. Always talk with your inmate to learn the hours they are permitted to make phone calls or receive visitors. Facilities like McKenzie County ND Jail have rules for sending mail and restrictions on the days and times allowed for visitation, Facilities in ND each have different rules that you'll be required to follow. So don't assume they are the same as each other.
McKenzie County ND Jail is a County Jail facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at McKenzie County ND 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.
McKenzie County ND Jail is located in the CST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current McKenzie County ND Jail warden is Sheriff Matthew Johansen. 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. McKenzie County ND Jail has a current occupancy of 2. The total inmate capacity of McKenzie County ND Jail is officially 10. The living conditions at facilities like McKenzie County ND Jail are often determined by the level of overcrowding. Having to share a bed or having too many inmates in a tight space can lead to conflicts. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in McKenzie County ND Jail by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at McKenzie County ND Jail. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.