Diagnostic Unit Family & Friends Information

How Can You Receive Phone Calls from an Inmate at the Diagnostic Unit?

Diagnostic Unit Inmate Prepaid Phone Service

Inmates can use the Prepaid Phone Service to make phone calls to individuals on their approved telephone list.

To be considered for approval on an inmate’s phone list, you must fill out a Visitation/Telephone Contact Request and Authorization Form. Forms must be obtained from the inmate. FORMS CANNOT BE OBTAINED FROM STAFF MEMBERS. Immediate family members with past felony convictions may not apply for approval to be on an inmate’s telephone call list until sixty (60) days after their release from confinement. If the applicant is currently on community supervision, his/her supervising officer must submit written approval directly to the unit. Regardless, approval to be added to an inmate’s telephone call list must also be obtained from the Warden.

Once you are approved, the Unit Visitation Clerk will add your name and phone number to the inmate’s approved phone list. If your application is denied for telephone privileges at the unit level, you can file an appeal by contacting the Director’s Office at:

Arkansas Department of Corrections
Division of Correction
6814 Princeton Pike
Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71602    Telephone: 870-267-6200

Telephone calls are limited to 30 minutes per call, excluding the inmate’s attorney.

All calls, except those to an attorney, will be recorded.

Three-way calling or call forwarding is not permitted and will be considered an abuse of telephone privileges. This may result in loss of phone privileges.


METHODS TO DEPOSIT TELEPHONE FUNDS
Deposit Funds Electronically
MONEY ORDER TO ADC:
If you would like to place money into an inmate’s prepaid phone account by way of purchasing a money order, you will need to ask the inmate to mail you an “Inmate Prepaid Telephone Deposit Slip” or you can access one HERE. You will need to fill out the deposit slip and make the money order payable to the inmate’s name and ADC number and mail it to:

Arkansas Department of Corrections
Trust Fund Centralized Banking
P.O. Box 8908
Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71611

PREPAID PHONE DEPOSITS: Call (501) 474-6460 and following the instructions to make a deposit over the phone.

The following restrictions apply to both the Online and Phone Deposits:

The minimum deposit amount is $10.00 for inmate trust account.
The minimum deposit amount is $25.00 for a Pre-Pay phone account.
No more than two (2) payments will be accepted per credit card per week.
No more than $100 can be deposited from a single credit card per day. 
No more than four (4) payments will be accepted per inmate per day.
No more than $100 can be deposited to a single inmate per day. 
Visa, MasterCard, and Discover credit cards are accepted.
Payroll Cards, Prepaid Cards and Reloadable Cards are NOT accepted.
Please allow two (2) business days for processing to inmate’s account.
Your name will appear on the inmate’s Trust account statement.



Deposits of funds for telephone use are also available from the Securus Technologies Website. Deposits can be made online at this website or you can call 800-844-6591

AdvanceConnect Prepaid Phone Account
An AdvanceConnect prepaid phone account allows you to receive collect calls from inmates and have the charges deducted automatically from your prepaid account.

This account offers the following benefits:
The maximum funding amount is up to $50.00 per transaction.
You are able to receive inmate calls as long as funds are available in your account.
You can add multiple phone numbers to your account so your loved one can reach your home phone, work phone, cell phone, other relatives, neighbors, friends, etc.
Calls will connect to cell phones (subject to facility restrictions).
You have 24/7/365 access to your account via phone or the Securus website.

Inmate Debit
Inmate Debit is a prepaid calling account that gives inmates the ability to pay for their own telephone calls.
Inmate Debit allows you to add funds directly to an inmate’s Securus calling account without having to set up your own account.

You can fund an Inmate Debit account without having your own calling account.
Inmates can call anyone on their approved calling list without requiring friends and family to create separate prepaid accounts.