Monroe Detention Center Remote Inmate Video Visits

Monroe Detention Center

Address:
140 Tony Diaz Drive
Woodland, CA 95776
Phone:
530-668-5245

Schedule a Video Visit with an Inmate at the Monroe Detention Center

Monroe Detention Center 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 Monroe Detention Center 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 530-668-5245, or scroll down for answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Monroe Detention Center ON SITE INMATE VISITATION SCHEDULE

140 Tony Diaz Drive
Woodland, CA 95776
530-668-5245

• Inmates will be allowed (1) half hour visit per week, with (2) visitors.
• You must arrive 30 minutes before your scheduled visit.
• Visitors are to call the Monroe Records at 530-668-5245 to schedule their visiting time.
• Visiting signups will begin at 7:00AM ending at Midnight the day before the visit.
• No advance scheduling is allowed. You cannot call on Monday to schedule a visit for
  Thursday.
• Once you have scheduled your visit you will not be allowed to change, re-schedule, or
  modify this appointment. Any cancelled visits will count against the inmate as a taken
  visit (no exceptions).

Monroe Detention Center REMOTE (from home) INMATE VISITATION SCHEDULE

• Inmates will be allowed (1) half hour visit per week, with (2) visitors.
• Visitors are to call the Monroe Records at 530-668-5245 to schedule their visiting time.
• Visiting signups will begin at 7:00AM ending at Midnight the day before the visit.
• No advance scheduling is allowed. You cannot call on Monday to schedule a visit for
  Thursday.
• Once you have scheduled your visit you will not be allowed to change, re-schedule, or
  modify this appointment. Any cancelled visits will count against the inmate as a taken
  visit (no exceptions).

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 Monroe Detention Center 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.