Polk Regional Juvenile Detention Center Family & Friends Information

How Does an Inmate Make a Phone Call?

There are three Ways to Communicate with an Inmate in the Polk Regional Juvenile Detention Center by Phone

To get started you must first open an account with GTL Connect Network (aka Viapath Technologies)

  • Advance Pay - This phone account allows you to prepay so that your inmate can call you (and only you) whenever he/she wants and the cost of each call is deducted from your balance. You can even be notified by text when your balance gets low. You still have the option of accepting or rejecting each call.
  • Pin Debit  -  This option allows you to fund an inmate's commissary account and lets him pay for phone calls to you and others with the money. You will have no control over who your inmate calls.
  • Voicemail  -  You can leave a secure voicemail without having to contact the facility. When you call the local phone number for a facility offering Inmate Voicemail (call Customer Service at 877-650-4249 to get the local voicemail number for Polk Regional Juvenile Detention Center, you will be informed of the cost for leaving a message. To leave your message, simply select the inmate by ID number. Then, record your voicemail.

How to deposit money for Inmate Communications:

  • Online
  • By phone by calling 877-650-4249
  • Deposit by cash, visa or mc debit and credit cards in the Polk Regional Juvenile Detention Center lobby kiosk
  • By mail... Check or Money Order made out to:
    AdvancePay Service Department
    P.O. Box 911722
    Denver, CO 80291-1722
  • Cash deposits to ConnectNetwork are also available at 26,000 retail locations nationwide including Walmart, ACE, Kmart, Kroger, and more. You’ll start the payment process online in your ConnectNetwork account, then complete your transaction with cash at a participating local retail store. Plus, many of these stores are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Find a retail store near you.

Polk Regional Juvenile Detention Center Inmate Phone Hours - **All times are EST

DAY TIMES
MONDAY 8:00AM-11:00PM
TUESDAY 8:00AM-11:00PM
WEDNESDAY 8:00AM-11:00PM
THURSDAY 8:00AM-11:00PM
FRIDAY 8:00AM-1:00AM
SATURDAY 8:00AM-1:00AM
SUNDAY 8:00AM-11:00PM
The Day before
State Holidays
8:00AM-1:00AM
State Holidays -
Mon thru Thurs
(except Thanksgiving)
8:00AM-11:00PM