Oklahoma County Jail

Telephones

Interview with Luis, Kelly and Krissie


JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Luis: Nope. I waas only able to use the phone once every 72 hours
Kelly: in my cell, yes
Krissie: No

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people?
Luis: Oh man I think it was something like two dollars and cahnge per minute collect of course.
Kelly: they were regular collect charges

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Luis: no but I did have to make a collect call and from what I understood the money that was generated from the calls went to the jail.
Kelly: no

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Luis: Im sure they did.
Kelly: probably

Someone pls. explain this 'enter your debit card number for inmate to receive minutes' deal to me. I am very suspicious anything to do with Oklahoma County Jail, as they are quite sheisty. My nephew is there and I want to talk to him, but unsure about th is?

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sandra
Saturday, May 1, 2010

when an inmate calls you collect does it charge you on your house phone if it dont ask you for your credit card number?


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carly
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

the inmates get 1 minute for free. The inmate can call landlines collect, and it charges the landline owner. It will be added to the monthly bill, or if the inmate called your cell phone, you can select to add minutes using your credit or debit card to the inmates "account". Its called Telmate.

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Libby
Saturday, March 27, 2010

can parents send phone cards, or do you have to purchase them there? also, how soon after my son gets there can he call me. Thank you

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caf
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

you can call up to the jail and ask them to set up a calling card for an inmate and but the only way you can do it without going up there is having a credit card

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carly
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

calling in to visit is very inconvient for the family member. why not go back to the old county way to visit.

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TONGIA
Thursday, September 24, 2009

why in the heck are the phones always busy or they are always booked for visitation. how do you get visitation when this is going on. are there not more people answering phones for visitation or just one operator. they need to fix this problem!!!! everyone has a right to visit.

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michele
Thursday, February 12, 2009

if i have long distance on my phone why cant my son call me collect?

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shonna cravens
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

i found out you have to set up what they call 3rd party account threw phone co.and jail

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shonna
Saturday, October 11, 2008

I need the number to contact to go visit my girlfriend please email me okla4uweldon@yahoo.com


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keith weldon
Friday, July 11, 2008

the number is 713-2015 to set up a visit

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carly
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

[405] 713-1000
Ask for Visitation

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jimspolice
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

ok so my question is if they have money on there books can they make phone calls? and not collect calls?

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victoria
Sunday, June 29, 2008

The phones are set up in pods and mounted on the walls and that only outgoing collect calls can be made .. all prisoners are locked down until allowed day room time, that may or may not occur in any specific day, phones are not located in the prisoner's individual cells.

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jimspolice
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

they are in 2 baker and they can make calls that aint collect if they draw down and buy a phone card

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david
Tuesday, January 27, 2009