The roster page is a running list of posts, with the newest on top. To use it:

1. Open the Jail Roster page on the county's website.
2. Tap the first post. Its title reads "Active Inmate Report" followed by a date.
3. Open the PDF and note the date and time printed on it.
4. Scan the Inmate Name column for the last name. The list is short, so this takes only a moment.
5. Copy down the Jacket number beside the name. Jail staff use it to pull up the record.

On October 29, 2026, the report listed 11 people. Older reports remain on the page, which can help show when someone first appeared.

Each row on the report stands for one person in custody. The five columns are:

• Jacket. The jail's ID number for that person. Keep it handy when you call or send anything.
• Inmate Name. The name the person was booked under.
• Days in Custody. How long they have been held on this stay.
• Bond. The bail amount on record. Some rows show $0, and on one late October report the amounts ran from $1,000 up to $1,000,000. Ask the jail what a figure means for your loved one.
• Booking Date. The day they were brought in.

To learn the charge, the arresting agency or a likely release date, call the jail at 406-873-2711, option 2.

Here are the usual reasons a person can't be found on the latest list:

• Booked after the report. New reports tend to go up around 8 a.m., and some days are skipped.
• Freed. Bail may have been paid, or the court may have released them.
• Sent elsewhere. They might be in a different county's jail, in federal hands or in a state prison.
• Held by the tribe. An arrest by tribal police can lead to the BIA jail in Browning.
• Different spelling. Search for a nickname, a second last name or a common misspelling.
• Under 18. Youths go to a juvenile center rather than the adult jail.

Call 406-873-2711, option 2, with the full name and birth date to be sure.

Much of the county is the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, and its police force is Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services. The agency works 24 hours a day. Call 406-338-4000 to ask whether officers arrested the person and where they took them.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs runs a federal jail in Browning that holds people arrested in Indian Country. To find someone there, start with tribal police, or call the BIA Blackfeet Agency, 531 Boundary Street, Browning, MT 59417, 406-338-7544.

BIA prisoners can be moved a long way. A 2024 U.S. Senate letter said some Montana tribal members had been sent to a contracted jail in Oklahoma. Tribal charges are heard by the Blackfeet Tribal Court, 90 Highway 464, Browning, MT 59417, 406-338-5061, which can give court dates.

Adults arrested in this county are normally jailed in Cut Bank. A person arrested just across a county line, or held on another county's warrant, may be sitting in one of these jails instead:

• Pondera County jail, Sheriff's Office, 20 4th Avenue SW, Suite 109, Conrad, MT 59425, 406-271-4060
• Toole County jail, Sheriff's Office, P.O. Box 550, Shelby, MT 59474, 406-434-5585
• Flathead County Detention Center, 920 South Main, Suite 100, Kalispell, MT 59901, 406-758-5617
• Cascade County Detention Facility, 3800 Ulm N Frontage Rd, Great Falls, MT 59404, 406-454-6820
• The BIA jail in Browning, for tribal arrests. Ask Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services at 406-338-4000.

Usually, yes. Under Montana's criminal justice information law, booking photos count as public, and so do bail records and daily jail rosters (MCA 44-5-103). Such public records may be shared without limits (MCA 44-5-301). Booking photo requests go to the Sheriff's Civil and Records line, 406-873-3652. You may be asked to fill out the office's written request form.

Immigration booking photos are requested from ICE on its records request page.

Criminal and arrest reports are requested in writing on the Sheriff's Office "Request for Release of Information" form. Fill in every part, since incomplete requests are refused. A report from a case still under investigation needs approval from the office's leaders.

• A report longer than 10 pages may carry a fee.
• Copies come by email or on paper.
• The posted fees are $0.50 a page for paper and $1 a page by fax.

Call Civil and Records at 406-873-3652 to get the form.

Start with the jail. Call 406-873-2711, option 2, and give the Jacket number from the roster. Once a case is filed, the court file names each charge. Search the limited court portal (Justice and city cases) or the District Court portal (felonies).

Any Montana law can be read free in the Montana Code Annotated. The County Attorney's Office, 1210 East Main Street, Cut Bank, MT 59427, 406-873-5888, decides the final state charges. Tribal charges are set out by the Blackfeet Tribal Court.

For the jail in Cut Bank, call 406-873-2711, option 2, and watch each new roster report. That beats waiting for news.

• VINE, a free service, sends a call, text or email when a state felony offender's custody changes. It follows people under Montana corrections supervision, like prisoners and parolees. Register at VINELink or by phone at 800-456-3076. Nobody is signed up automatically.
• Victim notice. For certain charges, the alleged victim must hear from the jail after bail is posted. The rule applies when the charge is stalking, strangling or assaulting a partner, or breaking a protection order (MCA 46-9-108).

A judge settles it at the first appearance. For county charges, that usually happens in Justice Court, 512 East Main Street, Cut Bank, MT 59427, 406-873-3631. Montana still uses cash and bonds, but the judge has to choose the mildest terms that will bring the person back.

• The bond already set for each person is in the Bond column of the roster.
• Misdemeanor amounts often come from a recommended schedule the Montana Supreme Court puts out.
• Felonies carry no list amount, so the judge picks one.
• Partner or family assault charges always wait for a judge.
• Tribal cases get their release terms from the Blackfeet Tribal Court.

For payment, bail agents and holds, see our bail page.

The judge at the first hearing tells the person about their right to counsel. If they can't afford a lawyer, they can apply to Montana's Office of State Public Defender, which takes felonies, cases that could mean jail, and youth cases.

• Great Falls office: 615 2nd Ave. N., Great Falls, MT 59403, 406-770-3200
• Applications go through advopd.mt.gov; attach proof of income.
• Tribal cases: ask the Blackfeet Tribal Court at 406-338-5061 about its defenders.

Hiring a private attorney is another route. The jail can explain how attorneys set up visits and calls.

Call the jail at 406-873-2711, option 2, before you plan a trip. Ask which days and hours are set aside for visits, whether you must be on an approved list, which ID to bring and what clothing is off limits. Ask too whether video visits are offered and what they cost.

Our visitation guide has general tips for a first jail visit. Visits with a youth held in Great Falls work differently; see the youth answer below.

Money on the books pays for commissary items such as snacks and soap, and for calls. Phone 406-873-2711, option 2, to ask which deposit methods work right now, what the limits are and whether you need the Jacket number.

Our guide to sending money walks through the common methods, and our commissary explainer covers what can be bought. Don't mail cash.

Yes, the jail has an inmate phone system, and the jail sets its rules. In a 2022 report to the Legislature, the county said staff can listen to, save and block inmate calls through an online system. The same report said phone fees bring in $200 to $500 a month, which helps pay for cable and mail supplies for inmates.

Call 406-873-2711, option 2, to ask which company runs the phones today, how families sign up and the price per call. Treat every call as recorded, and leave case details for the lawyer. More is in our guide to jail calls and our page on inmate email and texting.

Call 406-873-2711, option 2, before you send anything. Ask for the right mailing address, whether to write the Jacket number on the envelope, and whether photos, books or magazines are allowed.

Write the person's complete legal name on the envelope, along with your own name and address in the corner. Leave cash out of the envelope. Our inmate mail guide lists rules that most jails use.

Things taken from a person at booking stay with the jail while they are held. To collect items for them, call 406-873-2711, option 2. Ask when to come, where to go and whether the person must sign a form naming you. Bring photo ID. Ask too how any money left on their account will be paid out at release.

The Sheriff's Office is responsible for everyone held in the jail. If your loved one takes medicine, is hurt or has a health problem, call 406-873-2711, option 2, right away. Be ready to name each medicine and its dose, and to give the doctor's number.

In an emergency, dial 911. Say so clearly if you think they are in a mental health crisis.

For a warrant check, the Sheriff's Office takes calls at 406-873-2711; press 3 to reach dispatch, which serves both the county and the city. Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services handles tribal warrants at 406-338-4000. An open case may be listed on Montana's free court portals, one for Justice and city courts and one for District Court. The DOC offender search marks absconders and escapees the state is seeking. A lawyer can explain the safest next move. That is usually turning yourself in, after asking dispatch where, or asking the judge whose court issued it to set a new date. For felony warrants, call the District Court clerk, 406-873-3619.

Phone the court handling the charge:

• Justice Court, 512 East Main Street, Cut Bank, MT 59427, 406-873-3631
• Clerk of District Court, 512 East Main Street, Cut Bank, MT 59427, 406-873-3619
• Cut Bank City Court, 113 East Main Street, Cut Bank, MT 59427, 406-873-0131
• Blackfeet Tribal Court, 90 Highway 464, Browning, MT 59417, 406-338-5061

State cases can also be searched by name on the two free portals. Our court page lays out the path of a case from first hearing to sentence.

FBI or BIA agents often investigate serious crimes on the Blackfeet Reservation, and those cases go to federal court in Great Falls: Missouri River Federal Courthouse, 125 Central Avenue West, Suite 110, Great Falls, MT 59404, 406-727-1922.

1. At the first hearing, a federal judge decides whether to hold them until trial (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. The U.S. Marshals Service decides which jail houses a federal defendant before trial. Ask its district office, 406-200-6004, where the person is.
3. The federal probation office in Browning, 406-338-3547, writes reports used in release decisions.
4. Check filings on PACER. After sentencing, search the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

1. The jail receives Form I-247A, a written detainer from federal immigration officers (ICE).
2. Under it, the person can be kept up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released. Montana law has officers honor it, unless the person gives credible proof of citizenship or lawful status (MCA 27-16-801).
3. ICE's field office in Salt Lake City, 801-736-1200, then decides where the person goes.
4. Look up the person on the ICE Online Detainee Locator. Enter an A-number, or enter their name exactly as booked plus their birth country. No match? Phone the field office number above, as ICE advises.

Someone sentenced to state custody can sit in the local jail for a while before a transfer. They can turn up on the state's search before they ever leave.

• Enter a name or DOC ID in the Montana offender search to see where the person is and their status.
• Our state prison listings for Montana cover visits and mail at each facility.
• Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby is a contract prison close to home.
• Probation and Parole staff for the area answer at 406-873-5791.

Youths go to a juvenile center rather than the adult jail. Most go to Great Falls, where Cascade County runs the Juvenile Detention Center, 1600 26th Street S, Great Falls, MT 59405, 406-454-6930. It has 24 beds for charged youth ages 10 to 18. Families can book Zoom visits by calling the center. Visit times are Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 to 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Each detained youth gets in front of a judge in 24 hours or less. The clock for that hearing skips weekends and holidays (MCA 41-5-332). Youth cases stay off the public portals, so call the Clerk of District Court at 406-873-3619 for hearing dates. Tribal youth cases may go to the Blackfeet Family Court.

The jail can tell you who made the arrest. These are the main agencies in the county, home to 13,463 people in a July 1, 2025 Census estimate, with 2,976 of them in Cut Bank:

• Glacier County Sheriff's Office, 406-873-2711 (option 2 for the jail, option 3 for dispatch). Civil and Records: 406-873-3652.
• Cut Bank Police Department, reached through City County Dispatch at option 3 of the line above.
• Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services, tribal police for the reservation, 406-338-4000.
• BIA Blackfeet Agency, 531 Boundary Street, Browning, MT 59417, 406-338-7544.
• Montana Highway Patrol, 18 Trooper Drive, Boulder, MT 59632, 24-hour dispatch 855-647-3777.
• U.S. Border Patrol, St. Mary Station, 4999 US Highway 89, Port of Piegan, Babb, MT 59411, 406-732-5982. Its area includes much of the national park's east side.
• Glacier National Park (National Park Service), PO Box 1, West Glacier, MT 59936, 406-888-7800.