San Luis Obispo County Jail Remote Inmate Video Visits

San Luis Obispo County Jail

Address:
1585 Kansas Ave.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Phone:
805-781-4600

Schedule a Video Visit with an Inmate at the San Luis Obispo County Jail

At San Luis Obispo County Jail, keeping inmates connected with family and friends is a priority. These connections are key to helping inmates transition back into society successfully and reducing the chances of reoffending.

San Luis Obispo County Jail offers (or will soon offer) remote video visitation, allowing loved ones to connect with inmates through video kiosks or tablets provided by a third-party service.

Video visitation has many advantages:

• Increases inmate happiness and well-being.
• Allows inmates to stay connected with family, friends, and children.
• Reduces the time and effort required by jail staff to oversee in-person visits.
• Provides the facility with a source of revenue.
• Helps stop the spread of illnesses.
• Prevents contraband from being smuggled in during in-person visits.

To learn more about video visits, call the facility at 805-781-4600, or scroll down for answers to frequently asked questions.

San Luis Obispo County Jail - Remote Video Visitation with your Inmate

San Luis Obispo County Jail uses the services of NCIC for remote video visitation. In other words, you can visit your inmate in jail by using your home computer, as long as it is equipped with a microphone and camera that supports video.

When available, the jail also provides use of ‘video visit kiosks’ in the jail lobby if you do not have a computer at home. These ’on-site’ video visits are FREE.

Costs
NCIC Video Visitation fees are subject to change, but the cost to you is roughly $7.50 ($0.25 per minute) for a 30-minute visit + an additional fee of $2.00 for the connection.
On-site (at the jail) video visits are FREE.

How to set up your Video Visit

• Register here.  
• Select San Luis Obispo County Jail
• Select your inmate.
• Choose your date and time.

Your inmate will be notified by the jail staff of the date and time for the visit. Be sure to be in front of your computer and connected to NCIC at least 15 minutes before the start of the visit.

NCIC Customer Service
Phone - 800-943-2189 or 903-247-0069
Email – info@ncic.com

San Luis Obispo County Jail ON-SITE (at the jail) VIDEO VISITATION SCHEDULE
1585 Kansas Ave.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
805-781-4600

Schedule Video Visits online with NCIC

• On-site Visits are free.
• An inmate may have 2 one-hour visits per week. The visiting week is Sunday through Saturday.
• Visitation schedule subject to change.
• A maximum of one adult is allowed per an On-site video session. Children may accompany the adult.
• All visits must be made at least 24 hours in advance.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S JAIL

San Luis Obispo County HONOR FARM

• Each inmate is allowed up to thre adult visitors at a time, and a reasonable number of children.
• Visitors are allowed to briefly kiss and embrace inmates when greeting, and then again while leaving.
• Visitors and inmates are allowed to hold hands above the table while sitting across from each other.

San Luis Obispo County Jail REMOTE (at home) VIDEO VISITATION SCHEDULE

• All visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance.
• Visitation Schedule subject to change.

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 San Luis Obispo County Jail 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.