Address:
302 W. Live Oak
Port Lavaca, TX 77979
Phone:
361-553-4475
Calhoun County Adult Detention Center is, or will soon be, providing tablets for inmates to use for phone and visitation communication, as well as sending and receiving electronic messaging. If you don't see this facility's tablet service company listed below, call the jail at 361-553-4475 for information.
The tablets are not connected directly to the internet, but instead to a server controlled by the Calhoun County Adult 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.
Scroll down for a complete section outlining Frequently Asked Questions and Answers regarding renting tablets for Calhoun County Adult Detention Center Inmates.
You can find information about the Calhoun County Adult 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 361-553-4475 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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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.
The Calhoun County Adult Detention Center contracts with Prodigy Telephone Solutions. Inmates have ability to use their Messaging Service to send and receive electronic messages.
Depending on the facility, inmates can either view messages from you by:
Pay for the Prodigy Inmate Messaging Service at Calhoun County Adult Detention Center.
- Online,
- Over the Phone by calling 866-700-4545,
- Using a Kiosk at Calhoun County Adult Detention Center.
Pay for Prodigy.
- Using a Kiosk at Calhoun County Adult Detention Center.
- Over the phone by calling 877-810-0914.
How much does it cost to send and receive messages?
Rates to send messages vary and are subject to change.
The typical cost is $1.00 per message, plus $1.00 per photo and $3.00 per 30 second video when available.
Step 1 - Sign in or create an account to find your facility.
Step 2 - Fund Account
NOTE: By turning on messaging, you will fund your account with $5.00 and authorize Prodigy / Jail ATM to charge your payment method for the same amount if you send a message or receive a collect message and do not have enough money.
To receive phone calls from inmates in Calhoun County, or to assist them in making phone calls to other people, follow these steps:
Inmate phone services for inmates at the Calhoun County Jail are provided by Prodigy Solutions.
Send an Inmate a Deposit Online for them to purchase phone cards, or add money to their account so they can call whoever they want, or be able to call only you.
For all the information regarding phone calls with Calhoun County inmates; rules, policies, phone calling times, limits and more visit our Inmate Phone Page.
To deposit money online for an inmate in Calhoun County Adult Detention Center follow these steps:
For all information, tips and procedures for sending money to an inmate in Calhoun County Adult Detention Center, or depositing money at the jail, over the phone or by mail, check out our Send Money Page for Calhoun County.
To send a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Calhoun County Adult Detention Center follow these steps:
For all information, tips and available items for shipping Commissary packages or sending money to an inmate in Calhoun County Adult Detention Center check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Calhoun County.
For inmates receiving mail in the Calhoun County Adult 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 Calhoun County Adult Detention Center:
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID#
Calhoun County Adult Detention Center
302 W. Live Oak
Port Lavaca, TX 77979
For complete information on mail policies, what you can send an inmate and what address to send them, check out our Inmate Mail page.
