Phone Help Needed

[Lost_Heart]

I am new to all of this and need a lot of help. My boyfriend got found guilty of a crime and is currently at Oakland County Jail in Michigan. He called me collect the first two nights he was in jail and that cost me $9.99 for 5 min then the phone hung up. I set up my cell phone through Correctional Billing Services (CBS) yesterday and set-up a pre-paid account. He called me last night and we talked for 12 min and it cost me $13.78. I read about Jpay but I don’t think we can set that up until he gets sentenced and goes to prison. He said that may take a while because he will stay in the county jail where he is now until his sentencing date (Feb. 25th) then he will go to Charles Egeler Reception Center (quarantine) and that may take upwards to a month or longer or until a bed opens up at a prison somewhere. I was just wanting to know the cheapest way to receive phone calls for him. I would like him to call me at least one time a day every day I live to hear the sound of his voice. He’s only been in county jail for a week now but a day without him is too long. He’s facing a 4-10 year sentence. I do not have a land line/house phone so he will need to call my cell phone and I don’t plan on changing my number I would like to keep it the same but I’m in TN and he’s in MI. Thanks for all of your help.

[BigDW]

There are a number of companies out there that will provide you a local phone number at whatever facility he's at and then route that call to your cell phone. You can dig around on this forum for them or shoot me a PM and I can see if I can help you out.

The service I have would cost you $.99 + $7.50 (cost of a local call) for a 15 minute call from Oakland Co.