Relatives and friends may act differently. Your relationship with the inmate has now changed. Your contacts with the inmate will now be subject to the rules of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. There are restrictions on the times an inmate can call home and the days an inmate can visit.
This can be very frustrating for the person on the outside who has to adapt his or her life to maintain a relationship with the inmate. Our office has put together some basic information to assist you in navigating this system.
In the early s, prison officials decided that a statewide numbering system was necessary. It was decided to merge the three independent systems. On July 1, , the California Department of Corrections was established and instituted the new statewide alpha-numeric numbering system for men. The first number assigned that day was A Some of the old prison numbers and the newer A and B numbers carried an alphabetical suffix which indicated a termer status.
An X at the end of a number indicated an out-of-state commitment, serving time in California via the interstate compact agreement. These alpha suffixes were abandoned in the mids. The numbers were referred to by their alpha letters or called A numbers. These were used until Jan.
It should be noted that the A numbers were not fully exhausted when the state decided to start the new B numbers on the first of the year.
See the List of Conservation Camps in California to learn more about these facilities. It is a division of the CDCR. The CDCR provides certain guidelines for sending money to inmates incarcerated in California prisons. To send money to an inmate in a state prison, you must know their name and CDCR number. If you opt to send a check or money order to a JPay address, it will take 10 business days for the inmate to receive the fund. Make the check or money order payable to JPay.
The vendor also requires the sender to complete a Money Order Deposit Form. Send the check or money order to:. Commonly used methods for sending money to inmates in California jails include:. The CDCR establishes rules and guidelines for visiting adults and juveniles in California prisons and other detention facilities. It is also important to know the exact facility where the inmate is housed.
This requires logging into the system. New users must first sign up and create accounts to schedule visits via this portal.
Collect calls are billed to the called party every month through their phone carrier company. If you receive a high number of collect calls, you may reach the billing limit allowed by your local phone company or GTL. Once you reach a maximum phone bill amount, you may be at a risk of being blocked from receiving future collect calls from an incarcerated individual. In such instances, you can call GTL at In addition, online account registration and deposits are available through ConnectNetwork.
You can sign up for a Prepaid calling account today if you experience any of the following: You have a collect call restriction by your local phone provider You have exceeded the collect call limit You are unable to receive offender calls on your cell phone, office phone, hospital phone, or other commercial phone numbers Your local telephone company does not bill for offer collect calls Your phone number is blocked from receiving offender collect calls You have a high collect call bill and want to manage your calling budget Can I receive calls on my cell phone?
Yes, you can receive calls on your cell phone both with and without a prepaid calling account. By creating a Prepaid AdvancePay account and adding funds to the account, you are giving your incarcerated loved one the opportunity to call you.
Even if you do not create an account, you can still receive calls through AdvancePay OneCall. For instructions on setting up your cell phone to receive phone calls from an incarcerated individual at CDCR, please visit our Help section.
AdvancePay OneCall is a pay-per-call option that allows called parties to accept a call without having to set up an AdvancePay prepaid calling account—they can pay for a single call using a major credit card or debit card. There are multiple ways to block calls from incarcerated individuals as needed.
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