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Telephone calls are more expensive than at home and are monitored by facility staff. The inmate is permitted to make phone calls depending on his/her location and custody level. Currently, the inmate can only call you collect, so you will have to pay for the call. Find out what the rate per minute is to accept a call. Recently enacted legislation will permit another method of payment. The inmate will have a choice of calling collect or prepaying for his/her calls by taking the money from his/her account. The inmate will still not be able to use phone cards. The inmate is assigned specified hours for use of the telephone and are given a specified amount of time to talk.
If you cannot afford to accept collect telephone calls from the inmate, write to him/her and explain why you cannot accept his/her calls every time he/she calls. Some families have lost their long distance calling service or had the telephone company block their ability to accept collect calls because they were unable to refuse to accept calls they really could not afford.
It is against the rules for you to place a third party call when you are talking with the inmate. This is considered a misuse of the phone system. Misuse of the phone system or other violations of the rules may result in the inmate not being allowed to use the telephone. It is considered a privilege for the inmate to place telephone calls.
