Address:
528 Edgefield Street
Greenwood, SC 29646
Phone:
864-942-8600 ext. 3
Greenwood County Detention Center provides tablets for inmates to use for phone and visitation communication, as well as for sending and receiving electronic messaging.
The tablets are provided by Inmate Sales.
The tablets are not connected directly to the internet, but instead to a server controlled by the Greenwood County Detention Center. This allows all communication between inmates and their contacts to monitored during calls and visits, as well as delays while written communication is reviewed.
Please note that while the jail may provide the tablet for free, there will be a cost for ongoing use of it for entertainment and educational purposes.
Inmate Sales also handles inmate phone systems, video visitations, email and texting (they call it chirping) and digital letters.
The tablets can be rented on a monthly basis (or are given to the inmate use for a limited time) and while not directly connected to the internet, the inmates can use them for the following activities:
Here's how it works:
Questions:
You can find information about the Greenwood County Detention Center’s tablet program at the top of this page. If there is no information about it, it is because they either have recently changed companies or are not yet providing this service for inmates. Call 864-942-8600 ext. 3 to confirm.
Inmates in jails and prisons are using tablets for all the communication services available such as video visitation, video phone calls, regular phone calls, and electronic messaging – which is like texting and email.
Tablets are also used for entertainment, such as watching movies, television shows, listening to music and reading e-books. It is also used for education, self-help information, and legal research.
No, they are not connected to the internet. All the messages, visits and programming goes through a system controlled by the company that provides the tablets, and through the jail. They control what each inmate sees. All messages are carefully screened and not delivered if the sender or the inmate violates jail policy.
For accessing visits and messages, the tablets are free to us. Each unit has many of them, all provided by the company that has contracted with the jail. Of course, the video visits and messages have a fee and those are paid for by the inmate’s family and friends who use the service.
That’s the question a lot of people ask and don’t fully understand.
The way the jail staff looks at it, is that if they can keep the inmates busy and distracted, it makes it safer for them.
Tablets also give them a certain power over controller an inmate’s behavior. For example, if an inmate knows that they will lose the privilege of having access to a tablet if they get into a fight or violate another rule or policy, they will be better behaved.
Tablets are one of the few things that make an inmate feel as though they are free, and they don’t want to lose the privilege of having access to one.
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IC Solutions
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Yes, if an inmate breaks a tablet, then they are responsible for paying for it. The money will come out of their commissary funds, so not only do they lose access to having a tablet as punishment, but they also won’t be able to purchase snacks on commissary.
Other than 'at the jail' visits between you and your inmate at Greenwood County Detention Center, which is explained and outlined in detail on our Visit Inmate Page, Greenwood County remote video inmate visitation can be done using the services of Inmate Sales utilizing the following instructions:
In order to have a successful video visit with an inmate in Greenwood County, these are the steps to follow:
* All the information you need to have complete knowledge about inmate visitation; policies, rules, fees, schedules, tips, dress codes, and children, lawyers and clergy visitation in Greenwood County, can be found on our Visit Inmate Page.
Greenwood County Detention Center Phone: 864-942-8600 ext. 3
To send a secure email message to an inmate in Greenwood County Detention Center follow these steps:
- Chirping is the product name for inmate texting.
- This product allows Greenwood County inmates to send chirps (texts) to friends and family members.
- Inmates will be charged a monthly service fee of $4.00.
- Inbound and Outbound Chirps are $0.10 each.
Inmate Sales Apps
iphone app
Google Play app
For all information on how to Text/Email an Inmate in Greenwood County Detention Center check out our Secure Messaging Guide for Greenwood County.
Inmate Sales also handles inmate phone systems, video visitations, email and texting (they call it chirping) and digital letters.
The tablets can be rented on a monthly basis (or are given to the inmate use for a limited time) and while not directly connected to the internet, the inmates can use them for the following activities:
Here's how it works:
Questions:
To receive phone calls from inmates in Greenwood County, or to assist them in making phone calls to other people, follow these steps:
For all the information regarding phone calls with Greenwood County inmates; rules, policies, phone calling times, limits and more visit our Inmate Phone Page.
For inmates receiving mail in the Greenwood County Detention Center there are different addresses and policies depending on the inmate's status, as well as what type of mail they are receiving; personal mail, legal mail, subscriptions or books sent from a third-party such as Amazon.
All mail is to be shipped to the Greenwood County Detention Center:
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID#
Greenwood County Detention Center
528 Edgefield Street
Greenwood, SC 29646
For complete information on mail policies, what you can send an inmate and what address to send them, check out our Inmate Mail page.
Greenwood County Detention Center uses McDaniel Supply Company for their inmate commissary.
McDaniel Supply operates the JailPackStore website so you can order online using a credit or debit card. They will send the money to your inmate at Greenwood County Detention Center.
JailPackStore has a very cumbersome website that requires you to:
1. register,
2. add a credit or debit card, and then
3. locate your inmate, before you can even deposit funds.
Maximum Deposit - $300
Fee to Deposit Money using a credit or debit card -
Any money that you deposit and don't immediately send will be held as a credit on your account for future disbursement or spend.
For full instructions on how to deposit money to your inmate online, what the fees are, and how to save money doing it this way, check out our inmate money page.
To send a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Greenwood County Detention Center follow these steps:
NOTE: There will also be a limit on how much product you can send your inmate in Greenwood County at any one time.
For all information, tips and a list and photos of available items for shipping Commissary packages to an inmate in Greenwood County Detention Center check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Greenwood County.
