Seattle News Station Looks at Inmate Email
We caught this story on King 5 News out of Seattle last night. The story examines the practice of loaning inmates money for regular postage against their inmate trust account, and suggests that the Washington Department of Corrections (WADOC) is trying out some “high-tech ways” to keep costs down and their operating budgets healthy.
King 5 doesn’t mention JPay directly, but we provide some of these high-tech solutions to WADOC, including inmate email and money transfer. And that’s definitely a JPay kiosk at the 2:49 mark in the video below.
Take a minute to watch this clip; it provides a good example of the challenges being presented to departments of correction across the country, and how JPay is providing solutions to those challenges.
We especially like the quote from inmate Andrew Raymond, who says (while sitting in front of the JPay kiosk in his unit): “It allows me to start restoring the relationships that I unfortunately damaged.” It underscores the need for a sustainable, reliable communications system between inmates and their friends and family on the outside.
Let us know what you think! The link to King 5′s full article is here.
7 Comments
SHIRLEY
September 4, 2011HI TYRONE I LUV UU.
WIFEY!!!!!!!!
Sheryl
October 1, 2011Thank you JPay! From a mother who has a daughter at W.C.C.W in Gig Harbor, WA. We love our emails:)
Eric Watson
October 3, 2011Thank you Jpay for the help in keeping our friends and families in touch with each other. It helps us in both ways
sandy perreira
January 31, 2012hey kinda hard to figure out how to make an account for j-pay. Trying to talk to a loved one from the outs but it ain’t as easy as it sounds
Editor
February 1, 2012Hi Sandy,
Setting up an account is pretty easy. First, go to JPay.com. In the Box that says “Get Started”, enter your loved one’s inmate ID number. Select his or her name from the list that comes up, and then provide some basic information (email, address, etc.), and then you’re ready to go!
Hope this helps,
Editor
Deb tomlin
April 16, 2012Is jpay considering email accounts at washington state penitentiary in wallawalla,washington
Editor
April 17, 2012Hi Deb,
We do offer our email service in Walla Walla: http://www.jpay.com/Facility-Details/Washington-State-Department-of-Corrections/Washington-State-Penitentiary.aspx. Hope this helps!
Editor