Questions about prisons calls

messyjesse · #1 07-06-2005, 08:19 PM

does anybody know if i can buy a calling card and have him use that to call my cellphone? would that work if i did that?

FranksFrackBoy · #2 07-06-2005, 08:51 PM

Aren't calls to cell phones prohibited/impossible?

messyjesse · #3 07-06-2005, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by FranksBoy

Aren't calls to cell phones prohibited/impossible?

haha no not totally impossible, yes they are prohibited, but if it clicks you offf, you need to tell whoever is in jail that wants to 3-way to blow into the phone so the machine doesnt hear when the person presses flash...yes, they'll look retarded doing it, but they have to blow into where they talk hard enoguh so the jail receiver thing doesnt hear and keep blowing until they click back over, i just dont know if i can make it more simple, buy a calling card, tell him the # on it, and have him call that...but i dont know if its worth spending the money if it wont work!!!

kreepsgirl · #4 07-06-2005, 11:23 PM

I think the only way you can accept collect calls on your cell phone is if they are forwarded from you home phone. But they can buy calling cards from the store to use.

FranksFrackBoy · #5 07-07-2005, 01:53 AM

That's very clever!

LeBeau · #6 07-07-2005, 08:18 AM

Cali inmates CAN buy phone cards? I was under the impression that it HAD to be collect? If he can have phone cards, I'll just buy a pre-paid cell and activate it in Susanville so it's a local call from High Desert!

j_dom · #7 07-07-2005, 12:57 PM

I'm confused. I understand about collect calls to cell phones, but 3-way calls are prohibited too? Like if you're talking to the Inmate and you want to make a 3-way call during your phone call, That's prohibited? Maybe I'm just not getting it?

lanash · #8 07-07-2005, 01:15 PM

You can make 3-way calls but sometimes they can detect it if they hear you click over. I never thought about blowing into the phone that might work. I thought they could only use the calling cards they buy from the store. Is that true? My man is in CTF in Washington, DC. Does anyone know?

j_dom · #9 07-07-2005, 03:43 PM

If you can make 3-way calls then why does it matter if they detect it or not?

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Originally Posted by lanash

You can make 3-way calls but sometimes they can detect it if they hear you click over. I never thought about blowing into the phone that might work. I thought they could only use the calling cards they buy from the store. Is that true? My man is in CTF in Washington, DC. Does anyone know?

messyjesse · #10 07-07-2005, 05:07 PM

3-ways are prohibited in SOME places. I have a friend in chino who can 3-way me without blowing and it wont hang up, but i had a brother in L.A. county who hasss to blow (and it does work, but they have to blow hard enough) and the machines will dectect it and cut everyone off of the call. i was wondering, if i go to the market, buy a calling card, and then tell him the # on the calling card, and then he can call me directly to my cell with nobody having to 3-way him. i think that kreepsgirl may be right, but i was just wondering if anybody had tried this before

actually, i will just do it and tell you all if it worked or not so maybe, if someone else is in the same situation, they can do this too. if ANYBODY has tried it before, pleaseeee tell me if it works or not. anyways, have a good day!

211*16 · #11 07-07-2005, 05:23 PM

I Was reading on the prison calls online they can send the calls to your cell phone too, not just the home phone.

LeBeau · #12 07-07-2005, 05:28 PM

The reason behind three-way calls being prohibited is to protect people who do not wish to be contacted...and while I would love to have conference calls between him, a mutual friend and myself sometime in the future, I totally agree with this particular security measure....At the risk of shouting "FIRE" in a crowded theater....Some people in prison are not very nice, and some of those people will, given the chance, do things like make threatening calls to people who don't want to hear from them.... Think ex-spouses, victims, lawyers.....That's why I don't think a measure of control over who an inmate can call is a totally bad thing.
The solution that I think would please everyone (Except maybe the phone company holding the contract for the collect calls) would be single number calling cards, like the ones for college students to call home on....They're only good to call one number, and the account holder could sign a release stating that they know this card is to be used by the inmate,so there would be no security issue and a heck of a lot cheaper than collect calls.

c's baby · #13 07-08-2005, 01:28 PM

I was under the impression that calling cards are prohibited here in California Prison system. Maybe it is new.
My husband calls me collect to our house phone. It is on permanate call forwarding to my cell.
When he is up north he calls our northern california phone, and then when he is south, he calls the so. ca phone. The prices are reasonable.
MCI has dropped their rates!

LeBeau · #14 07-08-2005, 04:25 PM

Debster,we have not yet been able to have calls but I was wondering... what is the current cost of the calls?

kreepsgirl · #15 07-08-2005, 05:19 PM

You cant buy calling cards and send them to your inmates, they have to be bought from the store in the prison.