Mail/Telephone

*All outgoing and incoming mail is subject to inspection by the WCJDC staff.

*Juvenile mail will be received and mailed on a daily basis excluding weekends and holidays.

*All mail is to be fully addressed.

Incoming Mail

• Juveniles will be allowed to keep first (1st) class and certified mail in their room. All other classes will be placed in their lockers.
• Incoming mail may include:  paper with words/drawings; signed unmusical, commercial greeting cards and postcards; photographs (Polaroid photos must have the backing removed); periodicals and published materials shipped from the publisher.
• Youths may receive mail at the address listed below. The youth’s name must appear on the second line of the address.

  Ward County Juvenile Detention Center
  (Youth’s Name)
  PO Box 907
  Minot, ND 58702

• All mail to and from juveniles in detention must be routed through the US Postal Service.
• No letters, cards, parcels, may be hand carried into the visiting area or delivered to the booking officer at any other time.
• Bulk mailing materials may be rejected.
• Sexually explicit publications will be prohibited.
  Juvenile mail may be withheld and/or censored for deceptive pornography and inflammatory writings, or read when there is convincing evidence that the contents of the mail possess a threat to the safety and security of the WCJDC, public officials, or the general public.

Outgoing Mail

• WCJDC shall provide two (2) stamps per week per juvenile.  Any extra postage needed can be purchased at the Detention Office.
• Stamps purchased outside of the facility will not be allowed.
• Outgoing general correspondence may be scanned, censored or rejected and returned to the juvenile.

  *A juvenile held in the Ward County Juvenile Detention Center cannot correspond with any inmate/juvenile being held in another Detention or Correctional facility. This includes any verbal, visual, written or other means of communication.

JUVENILE PHONE CALLS

• Juveniles will only be allowed to make two (2) completed telephone calls to immediate family per day.
• No incoming phone calls are allowed to juveniles.
• Phone use is a privilege available to youth whose conduct while in detention has not warranted restriction.

Calls To

• Immediate Family (parents, grandparents, legal guardians, and siblings).
• Attorneys
• Clergyman

Collect Calls

• All calls made from the Ward County Juvenile Detention Center are collect regardless of where the immediate family member resides.  
• Phone calls to immediate family will be collect calls that the person must accept or a detention issued phone card must be purchased.  
• Any questions regarding bills, prices, telephone number blocks, or inability to receive calls please contact:
  RELIANCE TELEPHONE
  1-800-896-3201

Calling Cards

• Detained youth may purchase calling cards from the detention center only.  
• No calling cards can be dropped off.  
• Calling Card Prices:
  • $10 (cash only)
  • $20 (cash only)

• Phone cards are purchased during the evening shifts only.  
• Detention calling cards allow the juvenile to contact immediate family members who may have a block on their phone.

Juveniles Receiving Calls / Messages

• Youth are not permitted to receive phone calls but can receive messages on their voicemail.