Geauga County Safety Center Remote Inmate Video Visits

Geauga County Safety Center

Address:
12450 Merritt Road
Chardon, OH 44024
Phone:
440-279-2009 ext. 3

Schedule a Video Visit with an Inmate at the Geauga County Safety Center - Remotely or at the Jail

The Geauga County Safety Center 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 Geauga County Safety Center is able to accomplish this is with Inmate Sales 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 Inmate Canteen.

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 Inmate Sales video visits and video messages, call the facility at 440-279-2009 ext. 3 or scroll down for a complete section of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers.

Remote Visitation with an Inmate - Instructions

Geauga County Safety Center uses the services of Inmate Sales, also known as Combined Public Communication (CPC) for visitation communication between inmates and their friends and family members.

In order to have a successful video visit, these are the steps to follow:

1. Make sure you have a device a speaker, a camera and a connection to the internet.
2. Register with Inmate Sales.
3. Find Geauga County Safety Center
4. Select 'New Purchase'
5. Choose this facility and a product ('Remote' or 'Onsite' Visit)
6. Enter your personal information and purchase minutes.
7. Schedule a visit.

Call 877-998-5678 if you have any questions.
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Geauga County Safety Center ON-SITE (at the jail) VIDEO VISITATION SCHEDULE
12450 Merritt Road
Chardon, OH 44024
440-279-2009 ext. 3

• On-site Visits are free
• 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 12 hours in advance online with Inmate Sales or by calling them at 877-998-5678.
• The registering visitor must be at least 18 years of age and provide a valid, government issued photo identification during the initial registration process.
• Visitors under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian present during the video visit.
• Each visit is for 25 minutes.
• Each inmate is allowed 1 visits per day, and only 2 visits per week onsite at the facility.
• Inmates may have one remote visit per day.
• Visitors and inmates are responsible for being present at the start of the scheduled video visit.
• Visitors and inmates signing in late will only receive the balance of the remaining time for the scheduled video visit.

Geauga County Safety Center REMOTE (at home) VIDEO VISITATION SCHEDULE

• Remote Visits cost approximately $0.20 per minute for 25 minute visit. 
• Remote visitation is allowed 1 per day and 7 per week at $0.20 per minute.
• All visits must be scheduled at least 12 hours in advance.

Remote Video Visitation with an Inmate who is in the Geauga County Safety Center

What is a video visit?

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 Geauga County Safety 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.

What are the companies that work with the jails and prisons that allow 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.