Our easy-to use messaging system lets you to keep in touch with your loved one who is in jail by sending them an photo or an email. This free service allows you to send unlimited inmate replies, photos, greeting cards and electronic money orders from any device, computer, or mobile phone even when you are when you are on the move!
Inmate Text App
If you have a friend or family member currently in prison, the best method to stay in touch is to use an inmate texting app. These apps are designed to be in compliance with prison regulations and permit family and friends to send messages, photos video calls, eCards and money to their prison trust account. In addition to these messaging apps, there are also several federal inmate apps that provide additional services, such as video visits and phone calls.
JPay, for example allows family and friends to send money directly into an inmate’s trust account as well as videos, emails, photos, and eCards. They can also design personal postcards using their own images. It's a safe and more secure alternative to traditional postal mail.
Another popular app for texting prisoners is GettingOut. It offers "simple reliable, secure communication" between inmates and their loved family members. The application is available at select correctional facilities that allow inmates to upload pictures and federl inmate texting message family members and friends using their tablets. Inmates pay $0.25 per message, and their loved ones pay the costs for accessing the data (but not explicit photos). You can also make use of the GettingOut app to post photos on Facebook or Foursquare and check in text inmate on Foursquare and then add a video to the YouTube upload.