St. Tammany Parish Jail Remote Inmate Video Visits

St. Tammany Parish Jail

Address:
1200 Champagne Street
Covington, LA 70433
Phone:
985-276-1000

Schedule a Video Visit with an Inmate at the St. Tammany Parish Jail - Remotely or at the Jail

The St. Tammany Parish Jail believes in the importance of their inmates having an opportunity to have visits from family and friends. When an inmate is released he or she needs to return home, and closeness to their family is one of the strongest reasons that keeps them from getting in trouble again.

One way that St. Tammany Parish Jail is able to accomplish this is with Jail ATM remote video visitation. Remote visiting allows loved ones to use their phone or computer to connect directly with their inmate via a video kiosk in the jail or using tablets, all in a joint effort between the facility and Jail ATM.

The benefits of video visitation are:

• It keeps inmates happy.
• Allows the inmates to stay in touch with friends, family and children.
• It saves on staff time, thus money.
• Allows the jail to partake in a revenue share.
• Keeps viruses from spreading.
• Keeps contraband from entering the facility.

For more information on Jail ATM video visits and video messages, call the facility at 985-276-1000 or scroll down for a complete section of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers.

St. Tammany Parish Jail uses Prodigy / Jail ATM for Remote Video Jail Visits with Inmates

Register for Remote Video Visitation with your inmate at the St. Tammany Parish Jail by going here.

Once you register, choose the option for 'Video Calls' or Video Visits and you will be prompted for the information required, which will include copies of your state issued ID and more. 
For help with signing up and using the inmate visitation app, go here to get your questions answered.
Note: While JailATM also offers the following inmate services, St. Tammany Parish Jail may not allow all of them. Check on the JailATM website to confirm.
Services available through JailATM are subject to change with no notice.
You Can Send Money
St. Tammany Parish Jail may have an agreement with JailATM so that you can deposit money online or using the kiosk in the jail lobby.
You Can Send Gift Packs
St. Tammany Parish Jail may have an agreement with JailATM, which ships predetermined Gift Packs of candy, snacks and hygiene products to the inmate. Check the JailATM website to see if they allow Gift Packs.
These can be ordered by you online and are delivered directly to the inmate.
You Can Email Inmate
St. Tammany Parish Jail may have an agreement with JailATM which handles secure messaging between you and your inmate. Check the JailATM website to see if they allow emailing your inmate.

Customer Support: 877-810-0914.

St. Tammany Parish Jail ON-SITE (at the jail) VIDEO VISITATION SCHEDULE

1200 Champagne Street
Covington, LA 70433
985-276-1000

Schedule Video Visits online with JailATM

• On-site Visits are free.
• Visits are 15 minutes.
• Visitation schedule subject to change.
• Inmates are allowed two visits per week
• A maximum of 2 guests are allowed per an On-site video session. A 3rd guest is allowed if it is a child and no more than 6 years old.
• All visits must be made at least 48 hours in advance.

St. Tammany Parish Jail REMOTE (at home) VIDEO VISITATION SCHEDULE

• All visits must be scheduled at least 48 hours in advance.
• Remote visits have a fee.
• Inmates can have unlimited remote visits.
• Visitation Schedule subject to change.

Professional and Attorney In-person Visits, Video Conferencing and Video Visitation

Professional Visits are Monday through Friday as listed below:

• 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. (last visit will be scheduled for 10:30 a.m.)
• 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (last visit will be scheduled for 3:30 p.m.)
• 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (last visit will be scheduled for 7:30 p.m.)

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 St. Tammany Parish 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.