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Mountain View Correctional Facility

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By BpRichfield, 26 April, 2024
Name of Warden:
Jeff Morin
Description of Facility

Mountain View Correctional Facility is a mixed custody prison housing medium and minimum security offenders in separate units. Resident housing is comprised of four dorms with multiple occupancy rooms, five general housing units with double occupancy cells, and a segregation unit. The current capacity of Mountain View Correctional Facility is 448 male inmates.

Programs at this institution include parenting classes, anger management, adult education, substance abuse treatment, sexual behavioral treatment, and apprenticeships in carpentry, logging, and material handling. Select minimum security inmates can work in wood harvesting, and obtain work release.

Facility Telephone Number
207-285-0880
Fax Number
207-285-0836
Facility Address

Mountain View Correctional Facility
1182 Dover Road
Charleston, ME 04422
United States

Inmate Mailing Address

For letters and correspondence:
Inmate Name, MDOC Number
Mountain View Correctional Facility
809 Cushing Road
Warren, ME 04864
United States

For packages, publications and legal mail:
Inmate Name, MDOC Number
Mountain View Correctional Facility
1182 Dover Road
Charleston, ME 04422
United States

What you can send an inmate

mail Maine Department of Corrections recognizes the importance of inmates maintaining communication with their loved ones. During incarceration inmates are allowed to send and receive correspondence. You are required to know the inmate's location and identification number in order to send them anything.  Find this information by searching the Maine inmate database.

Always include the following on correspondence:

  • The inmate's First and Last name
  • Their identification number
  • The facility name and address
  • Your full name and address in the return field (will not be delivered if missing)

Inmates in Maine may receive the following through the mail:

  • Letters must be in black or dark blue ink and on 8.5"x11" white paper.
  • Photos no larger than 4"x6". Instant/polaroid photos are not allowed. No nudity, weapons, drugs, or alcohol can be in the images.
  • Newspaper and magazine clippings or photocopies.
  • Photocopies of drawings/colorings from a minor child (original not allowed).
  • New softcover books newspapers and magazines mailed directly from an approved distributor including Amazon, Books N Things Warehouse, Hamilton Books, Prison Legal News, and Shutterfly. Publications must not contain nudity, be sexually explicit, promote hate, or present a security threat to the facility.

Maine Department of Corrections policy on inmate mail.

Sending Monthly Holiday Care/Food Packages
Maine Department of Corrections participates in a quarterly package program offered through AccessSecurepak. These packages contain food, snack, drink and hygiene items. Packages are only available for order during select dates. To order a package you will need to know the inmate's full name and ID number.

How Inmate Calls Work

 Inmates incarcerated in Maine are allowed to make outgoing collect calls and pre-paid calls only. Some important things to know:

  • Medium and High security facilities have a 30 minute call duration.
  • Minimum security and lower have a 60 minute call duration.
  • At no time can inmate's receive incoming calls.
  • All calls (except privileged calls) are recorded.
  • Deposit funds to a Maine inmate's phone account.

Read the Maine DOC policy on inmate calls.

How to send money to an inmate

   Maine Department of Corrections allows you to send inmates up to $100 per day ($200 per week).  You will need to know the inmate's MDOC number and date of birth.  Send money the following ways:

  • Online - You can deposit funds online using a debit or credit card.
  • Mail - You can also mail a check from a Maine bank, US postal money order, or government check (including tribal check) directly to the inmate at the facility they reside.  Include the inmate's name and MDOC number on the funds.  The senders full name and address must appear as well.
How to do an Inmate Search

 To send correspondence, funds, and arrange visits for inmates in Maine you will need to know the residents MDOC or identification number.  You can find this number and other crucial information like an inmate's location and sentencing information by searching the Maine inmate database.

Visiting Information/FAQs

Maine Department of Corrections requires all visitors have an approved visiting application on file before they can attend a visiting session.  Start the process by doing the following:

  • Complete a Maine Inmate Visitors Application.
  • Complete, print, sign and mail the application back to inmate's institution at the address listed at the bottom of the application. For Mountain View Correctional Facility you will mail the application to:
    • Mountain View Correctional Facility
      1182 Dover Road
      Charleston, Maine 04422
  • It will be up to the inmate to inform you of your visitation status, approved or denied.
  • Once you are approved, you can schedule to visit your loved one.
  • Schedule a visit online at Mountain View Correctional Facility, or contact visiting staff at (207)-285-0816 Monday through Friday from 9:00am-10:30am.

Important things to remember when visiting an inmate at Mountain View Correctional Facility:

  • A valid government issued photo ID is required in order to visit.
  • Residents are allowed two visits per month.
  • Residents are allowed three visitors (a fourth is allowed if under the age of 6)
  • Visits are in one and half hour blocks but the first thirty minutes is used for processing visitors into the visiting room, the actual visiting time is around one hour.
  • Visitors are subject to search, as is their vehicle.
  • You must remain in your vehicle until the visiting room door is opened.
  • No food or drinks may enter into the facility.
  • No watches, Fitbits, fitness trackers, smart watches, or other wearable technology are allowed.

    no tobacco, no cell phones, no weapons

  • No cell phones, pagers, cameras, or electronics of any kind.  Secure these items in your car, or in a visitation locker if available.
  • No tobacco products or lighters.
  • No weapons, No drugs or alcohol.

Mountain View Correctional Facility Visiting Hours:
Visits are by scheduled appointment only
Schedule your visit online.

Visits occur on:
Saturdays
2:00pm-3:30pm
7:00pm-8:30pm
Arrive 15 minute prior to the start time

Sundays
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Arrive 15 minutes prior to the start time

Maine Department of Correction policy on visitation.

Dress Code and Visiting Rules

  • Clothing may not be similar to the inmate's or guards
  • No see through, fishnet, or sheer clothing
  • No halter tops, no tube tops, no tank tops
  • No spandex, leggings, jeggings, or tight fitting clothing
  • No mini skirts, slit skirts, or slit dresses
  • Undergarments must not be showing
  • No gym shorts
  • No clothing with revealing holes
  • No braless attire
  • No flip flops, sandals, open toe shoes, open back shoes, or bare feet allowed
  • No clothing that reveals the midriff or shoulders
  • No clothing that contains profanity, or be symbolic of drugs or gangs, sexual symbols, or contain offensive or threatening language/images are prohibited
  • No clothing that promotes alcohol or tobacco
  • No yelling or cursing
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