You might try calling the facility as ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get more information.
Read moreWhen someone gets transferred to a new facility the visitation rules, scheduling process, and any waiting periods before visits are allowed vary enough from jail to jail that the only reliable source is the facility itself. For DeKalb County Jail in Tennessee specifically, visitation schedules, days, and times are set by the facility and can change based on staffing, population, and facility operations. The best move is to call the jail directly and ask to speak with someone who
Read moreAn inmate calling with a 713 area code displaying means that the carrier for that jail is GTL (connectnetwork.com). Their routing servers are in Houston TX but it has no bearing on the call's locality. Since Chautauqua County Jail is also a 716 number, we would like to know your whole phone number to see if you are in a different rate center (this is what we suspect). If it is, then getting you a Mayville number should reduce the
Read moreThe phone service at the particular correctional facility is set up through bid process. Whichever company has the contract for all inmate outbound calling and to tape record the calls. Therefore, you have to use them to receive calls. The choice is whether you pay then for a long distance call (to your number) or a local call (to the number we provide). Here is how it works... We get you a local line matching the rate center of town
Read moreYou might be subject to a thorough search (the fear is that you might smuggle something in your hair) but if it's natural and you do not have any ill intention you should not have a problem.
Read moreYou can do either. Inmates that have money on their inmate trust accounts can purchase stamps and envelopes at the weekly commissary. If they do not have money on their books, the prison will provide indigent inmates with all the materials necessary to send out mail to their loved ones. If your inmate writes to you directly, using your address, the cost of the mailing is a 49 cent stamp. Many of our members use the Inmate Response Mail service
Read moreYou can visit as long as you are on the normal visitation list and there are no issues with your approval. Special visits are for people that travel a long distance and would like to request more visitation time due to the expense and limitations on the visitor. Most prison staff will approve a special visit if you are coming to the jail from 100 miles away or more.
Read moreFirst, take a breath. This is one of the most common questions families have in the first days after someone they love gets locked up and there is a clear path forward. Getting money on an inmate's books is one of the most direct and meaningful things you can do right away. Commissary funds give your loved one access to food to supplement meals, hygiene items, phone credits, and other basics that make daily life inside more manageable. It
Read moreOne thing that doesn't make sense is if he was to be there on September 2, what is he doing driving around 10 days later "miles and miles away" instead of at the Wasatch Jail? It doesn't look good, like he had no intention of reporting. A 30 day sentence is not a big deal, but not reporting and then placing all the blame on a calamity of circumstances out of your control might turn it into something much bigger.
Read moreIt's not that they are inmates, it that they are cheaters - period. Jail has nothing to do with it. If you cannot trust them on the outside, there is nothing that will change while on the inside. Inmates are experts at getting women to send them money.
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