When Securus is the company with the contract for all inmate outbound calling and to tape record the calls, you have to look carefully at the per-call price because they are doing things differently than the other prison phone carriers..
Securus has a rate calculator on their site and we use it to get you the BEST number for inmate calling - and now the local number isn't always your best option. Regardless, you have to use them to receive calls. The choice is HOW MUCH you pay them for a single call.If we know your number and facility, we can get an honest estimate for you. If their price for a call to your number is $5.00 per call we are VERY confident that we can get you a number where the call price at most will be $3.15 per call - flat rate. You will need to register the number we provided - with Securus (just like you would your regular number without our service). If you save $2.00 per call, you have to decide if paying us $19.95/month is beneficial - meaning that you would have to be speaking to your inmate at least 2 times a week to make our service worthwhile.
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Accepted Answer Date Created: July 07,2015