Dauphin County Prison Remote Inmate Video Visits

Dauphin County Prison

Address:
501 Mall Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Phone:
717-780-6800

Schedule a Video Visit with an Inmate at the Dauphin County Prison - Remotely or at the Jail

The Dauphin County Prison 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 Dauphin County Prison is able to accomplish this is with gettingout 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 gettingout.

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 gettingout video visits and video messages, call the facility at 717-780-6800 or scroll down for a complete section of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers.

Dauphin County Prison - Remote Video Visitation with your Inmate

Dauphin County Prison uses GettingOut for their Remote Video Visitation and/or Visit Scheduling. 



There are three ways to remotely visit your inmate:
1.  Using the GettingOut/GTL Kiosk at the jail.
2. Using your computer from home.
3. Using your phone on the GettingOut or GTL apps.

How it Works with GettingOut
1.  Register an account.
2. Select Dauphin County Prison
3. Choose either an INMATE ACCOUNT or FRIENDS & FAMILY ACCOUNT.   

• **NOTE** Friends and Family must have funds in their "Friends & Family Account" to respond to inmate messages. 
• If you deposit money online in the INMATE ACCOUNT, than they have the freedom to spend the money on visits or phone calls to anyone, or any other communications services available at Dauphin County Prison.
• With the FRIENDS & FAMILY ACCOUNT, you control all communication services such as phone calls, video visits and messaging. Your inmate can only call the phone number you want.

4. You will then receive prompts to validate both your identity and phone number .
5. Again, choose your inmate's facility, then type their name and select your inmate.

GettingOut will then guide you through the steps needed to arrange your remote visit.

Customer Service for GettingOut
If you have any questions, you can call them at 866-516-0115.
GettingOut online contact form
Frequently Asked Questions
The GettingOut App is available on Google Play and Apple Store.

Dauphin County Prison on-site Inmate Visitation Schedule

501 Mall Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111
717-780-6800

• Each inmate can have one 50 minute visit per week.
• It is up to the inmate to tell you when their visit will be. Current Visitation Schedule.
• Inmates housed in a Classification or Restrictive Housing Unit are not eligible for a visit.
• Visitors under the age of eighteen (18) years must be accompanied by a responsible adult 18 years of age or older.  
• Visitors over sixteen (16) years of age must have two (2) forms of identification; one (1) must be a government-issued photo I.D.
• No identification will be required for visitors under sixteen (16) years of age.
• All visitors must arrive no later than thirty (30) minutes prior to the scheduled visitation time.  
• All visitors must be dressed in a manner that is accepted by the Administration: Dress professional, non-seductive and as if you were meeting someone's grandmother for the first time... or NO visit.
• Only two (2) visitors will be permitted to visit at one time. Should an infant or child come to visit, he/she must occupy the same seat as the adult visitor.  If more than two (2) people come to visit, the inmate will decide how to divide the allotted time.

ON SITE VISITATION SCHEDULE - Each Housing Area has it's own time they can receive on-site visits.

Dauphin County Prison Remote Visitation Schedule

• First you must register with gettingout / ViaPath
  

REMOTE VISITATION SCHEDULE

Remote Video Visiting an Inmate in the Dauphin County Prison

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 Dauphin County Prison 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.