Pinellas County Jail

Telephones

Interview with Toby, J. Friday and Jeremy


JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Toby: yes, phone access was constantly available, execpt during lock-downs.
J. Friday: Yes.
Jeremy: Yes. There were 8 phones in my pod.

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people?
Toby: local calls were 2.50 for 20 minutes
J. Friday: To call local is $2.50 for 20 minutes. To call outta state costs around $20 for 20 minutes.
Jeremy: All calls must be collect.

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Toby: no, all calls were collect.
J. Friday: Pinellas County Jail isnt smart enough to offer them on commisary.
Jeremy: No, but you can purchase them if you want.

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Toby: all calls were recorded
J. Friday: Ask Nick Hogan!
Jeremy: Yes. All calls may be monitored or recorded.

Is there a prepaid service for inmates to call home? I can not receive collect calls and need a prepaid service


Like this comment? [yes] [no]   (Score: 0 yes, 0 no)
Permanent Link
SS
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

how do i approve collect call
from an imante

Like this comment? [yes] [no]   (Score: 1 yes, 0 no)
Permanent Link
corina
Friday, May 15, 2009

Does Pinellas County have a stgatute of limitations on VOP?

Like this comment? [yes] [no]   (Score: 0 yes, 0 no)
Permanent Link
janine
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Hi Janine, wondering if you can help me? I am looking to find out how to contact my friend who is in Pinellas County Jail, I have his i.d. but need to confirm how to get a message to him the fastest? mail ? can I call and leave a message?

Like this comment? [yes] [no]   (Score: 1 yes, 0 no)
Laur
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

My bad it's spelled jail

Like this comment? [yes] [no]   (Score: 1 yes, 0 no)
Permanent Link
Nathan
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

whats the phone # to schedule a visit with a inmate at 49th st jale

Like this comment? [yes] [no]   (Score: 4 yes, 0 no)
Permanent Link
Nathan
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

is it possible to write to someone who is in jail ?

Like this comment? [yes] [no]   (Score: 0 yes, 0 no)
Permanent Link
mIME
Monday, August 11, 2008

Yes, you just need the person's DC# which can be found on the PCJ website for "Who's in Jail". A first letter will pass through without the location info however if you don't get a response to your letter from the inmate with their location info, you need to go back to the website to get the location info before writing again or it may be returned to you by the jail. The 4 characters in the Cell/Location Status section that are in the center (XX-3D1B-xx). Just don't go writing to someone else's 'inmate' :)

Like this comment? [yes] [no]   (Score: 0 yes, 0 no)
Mo
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

how do I stop incoming collect calls to my home phone. My young daughter is accepting these calls against my wishes.

Like this comment? [yes] [no]   (Score: 2 yes, 0 no)
Permanent Link

Monday, June 9, 2008

Since you apparently aren't intercepting the calls you will likely come out better contacting your phone company. Most have options to block calls from a prison or jail. If you can intercept a call, is you listen to the recording there is an option to block these calls to your phone. Be advised once you block them...it is very hard to remove.

Like this comment? [yes] [no]   (Score: 1 yes, 1 no)
Mo
Wednesday, August 13, 2008