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Offline sunrayswench

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Re: cell phones
« on: May 20, 2016, 11:54:30 pm »
Hi CharliesMomma

Cell phones are either 'pay-as-you-go' with no contract (basically you have a hone that is yours and you just top up your access regularly), or 'contract' where you pay for the phone and the access usually on a monthly basis to the provider. Most service providers offer both types of access.

The TDCJ phone system requires users to have a contract cell phone, and if they do not, then you would need to have a landline to register. They will not register phones that are pay-as-you-go. You should check with T-Mobile as to exactly which service you have.

County jails operate outside of TDCJ regulations, and have very different rules. Your arrangement with the county jail will not carry forward into the TDCJ system, even if it was with the same phone company.

TDCJ inmates do not have phone access while they are in Intake, usually for the first 90 days in TDCJ. He would also need to record his voice for him to use the TDCJ phone system, and they don't have the ability to do that more than once a month at some units.
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