Blythe Jail - Riverside County Remote Inmate Video Visits

Blythe Jail - Riverside County

Address:
260 N. Spring Street
Blythe, CA 92226
Phone:
760-921-5780

Schedule a Video Visit with an Inmate at the Blythe Jail - Riverside County

Blythe Jail - Riverside County values the importance of keeping inmates connected to their families and friends. Maintaining close relationships with loved ones is crucial for an inmate's successful reintegration upon release and helps reduce the likelihood of reoffending.

One way Blythe Jail - Riverside County supports this (or will soon) is by offering remote video visitation. This system allows loved ones to connect with inmates via video kiosks inside the jail or through tablets, provided by a third-party service working with the facility.

The benefits of video visitation include:

• It boosts inmate morale.
• Enables inmates to maintain contact with family, friends, and children.
• Reduces the time and cost required for staff to manage in-person visits.
• Generates revenue for the facility.
• Helps prevent the spread of illnesses.
• Limits the possibility of contraband entering the jail.

For more information on video visits, call the facility at 760-921-5780, or scroll down for answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Blythe Jail - Riverside County Remote Video Visits

Blythe Jail - Riverside County has no remote video visits at this time.
See on-site visit schedule below.

Blythe Jail - Riverside County INMATE VISITATION SCHEDULE

ON-SITE VISITS
260 N. Spring Street
Blythe, CA 92226
Jail - 760-921-5780 / Visitation Scheduling - 951-341-8888

• Call 951-341-8888 between 9:00AM and 5:00PM to schedule your visit, one day prior to the desired visiting date.
• Inmates are allowed a maximum of two visits per week and each visit is approximately 45 minutes.
• Each inmate is allowed a maximum two visitors per visit.
• You have to be 18 or be with an adult. You must have an ID. Nothing can be brought into visits.
• All other rules are common sense rules and are listed below this schedule.
• All visitors are required to wear a mask while in the facility (masks will not be provided).

** Lawyers and Clergy must call 760-921-5780 in order to make visitation arrangements.

Frequently Asked Questions about Remote Video Visits

What is a video visit, and how do they work?

Who are the companies that facilitate video visits?

What is a video visit, and how do they work?

Video visitation, also known as remote visitation, is quickly becoming the preferred method for visiting an inmate in jail or prison for the following reasons:

•    It requires little to no staff, versus the staff required to move inmates to and from the visit and watch over the visit. It saves the Blythe Jail - Riverside County money.
•    It removes any opportunity for contraband (drugs) to enter the facility.
•    It can become a profit center for the facility, given that the revenue generated by visits is shared with the jail.
•    While inmates prefer to see family and friends in person, video visitation allows them to visit with them more often, and on a whim.
•    Video visitation gives the inmates and their visitors the feeling of more privacy.

Video visitation from the perspective of the visitor allows them to visit from their home, their car, at work, and even allows them to take their device to a family or religious gathering. It allows them to give their inmate the feeling of belonging and not being forgotten.

Video visitation can take place on a computer, a tablet or a phone. 

Video visitation saves time. Instead of spending hours driving to the jail, checking in, filling out paperwork, potentially being searched, waiting, and then having a 15–30-minute visit, if it isn’t cancelled at the last minute, the visit can be done from anywhere during a short break in the visitor’s day.

If the visitor does not have access to a phone or computer, they can make an appointment ahead of time and use terminals in the lobby of the jail.

You must also be on the inmate's approved list, even for a video visit.

Who are the companies that facilitate video visits?

There are several different companies that contract with all the jails and prisons that allow video visitation:

These are the companies in alphabetical order:

CIDNET
City Tele Coin
Correct Solutions Group
Correct Pay
Ctel
Gettingout
GTL
Homewav
IC Solutions
Inmate Canteen
Inmate Sales
iwebvisits
JailATM
Jpay
Gettingintouch (netvisit)
NCIC
Prodigy Sales
Reliance
Securus
Smart Communications
Tiger Services
Visitel
In addition, some jails use Microsoft Meeting and Zoom.