Fort Belknap Indian Community Jail
Fort Belknap Indian Community Jail Information
The Assiniboine (Nakoda) and Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) Tribes call Fort Belknap Indian Reservation home. Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is forty miles south of the Canadian border and twenty miles north of the Missouri River, which was used by the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Fort Belknap Indian reserve is Montana's fourth largest Indian reserve.Inmate Services
Tribe: Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana
Phone
406-353-2205Physical address
Fort Belknap Indian Community Jail158 Tribal Way, Harlem
Harlem, MT 59526 Get directions
Mailing address (personal mail)
Fort Belknap Indian Community Jail
158 Tribal Way, Harlem
Harlem, MT 59526
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Because the legal system in ‘Indian Country’ operates outside of the legal jurisdiction of the cities, counties and states where the individual Indian Reservations are located, and the land is wholly owned and governed by the Tribes, the jails and detention centers on those lands are maintained and run by the individual Tribes. The police that provide the security and enforce the laws and the courts that mete out justice are also controlled by the individual Tribes.
There are over 90 jails and detention centers throughout Indian Country, of which, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) staffs and operates a quarter of these facilities. The remainder are operated by Tribes through the PL 93-638, Self-Governance Compacts and a few are fully funded and operated by a tribe. Each jail is unique in operation and location.
Indian Reservation and Tribal laws also fall under the legal jurisdiction of the federal government. If a federal law has been broken, the Department of Justice may get involved. In that case, a convicted person from a crime committed on Indian Lands may be required to serve their time within the BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons).