When your inmate calls you now, it is a LONG DISTANCE call with rates ranging from 23 cents to over $1.00 per minute. We provide you with a LOCAL telephone number - local to the prison area code your inmate is housed. The local rates are more like 5-6 cents per minute. If you use 300 minutes at $.23/min - it is $69/mo.; at $.06/min is $18/mo. We charge $16.95 for the line, you save $34.05 per month.  This example

El servicio aun no esta disponoble en Mexico. El sistema funciona de esta forma. Usted necesita abrir una cuenta en inmate (en nuestro website) para poder realizar llamadas de corta y larga distancia. Se le asignara un numero de telefono local y usted le dara ese numero enviara ese numero a su esposo. Cuando el quiera llamarla, solo marcara ese numero de telefono y se comunicara con usted.$16.95 por la primera linea por mes mas $6.95 por la instalacion y

The service is for prisons or jails or ANY correctional facility where inmates have access to a telephone in the US.  Your account is pending until we email you your number. If for any reason we cannot service your inmate, we will gladly refund your money.

The InmateAid discount telephone service will be online May 1st with a special offer to our members.  We will be inviting you to sign up for a rate that is the lowest in the industry for prison-inmate calling.  If we can get you signed up any earlier we will be sure to let you know!

InmateAid will be offering an easy-to-use calling service in our own brand that will be available shortly.  We are not comfortable recommending other brands for various reasons. We will notify you and ALL the members of the community when the service is ready to use.

Phones are usually turned on at 6am and are turned off at 9:30pm.  There may also be times during the day where there is no access to them - the rules inside every facility change without notice and the inmates have to deal with the inconsistencies.

There could be a simple reason, he might have run out of money in his account or minutes available in the month.  Most institutions have limits on the number of minutes an inmate can call in a month (not the by the calendar but by date it began). If you are really worried, you can call the institution and have them check on him to be sure.

There is no way of knowing who the caller is without getting the actual prison involved. The prison calling system tracks and records all calls. If you want to pursue it, you will have to make a report to that particular jail.

The short answer is "no", both are not being charged for the same call. You will need to listen carefully to the recording as the inmate MAY be calling "collect" (where you would accept the charges). But, mostly the recording is an warning of sorts letting the recipient know the call is coming from a prison or jail and asking if you want to "accept the call".  Sign up for the InmateAid Discount Telephone Service - when they call, it's

If you change your cell number to the local exchange (913) the calls will become local calls from the prison. Use Western Union and send money into the inmate's phone account and he will then be calling you at the lower rate.