Address:
721 Iron Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Phone:
570-784-4815
In order to visit with your inmate online, you must first register with IC Solutions.
There are three ways to visit remotely with your inmate:
1. Using your personal computer.
2. Using the IC Solutions iphone or Android app.
3. Using the IC Solutions visitation kiosk in the jail lobby.
How it Works
Register or Log in here.
Registering and Scheduling Video Visits Instructions
'Understanding IC Solutions Video Visits' Instructions
Remote Visitation using the IC Solutions app
Download your phone app:
iphone
Android
Instruction for using the IC Solutions app
Cost of a Remote Video Visit
Video Visitation Rules
Understanding the rules completely are the responsibility of both you and your inmate. Not knowing the rules will NOT be accepted as an excuse if you make a mistake and violate them. Disobeying them could result in being banned from have future visits.
• Any inmate or visitor whose behavior is disruptive during a visit may have his/her visiting privileges suspended/terminated.
• All visits are subject to monitoring and recording.
• All visits must be scheduled 6 hours prior to the appointment or up to 13 days in advance.
• You must check-in 15 minutes prior to the scheduled visit.
• Valid picture identification (e.g., driver's license, State I.D., or Military I.D. with picture) is required of all visitors, with the exception of children under the age of 17.
• Visitors under the age of 17 must be accompanied and supervised by an authorized adult visitor.
• Visitors who 'arrive' after the scheduled start time may not be allowed to visit.
• Clothing must cover all private/sensitive body areas.
• The visitation schedule may be canceled or altered on holidays or for safety/security reasons.
• Columbia County Prison can disconnect, deny, change, or cancel a visit at any time.
• Internet connectivity issues during offsite visits will NOT be refunded.
• Each visitation session will show a timer to display elapsed time.
• After your visit has ended your connection will be terminated automatically.
ON-SITE (FACE TO FACE) VISITATION SCHEDULE
Saturday | Female - General Population | 8:30AM - 9:30AM |
Saturday | Female - C Unit/TPVC | 9:30AM - 10:30AM |
Saturday | Male - General Population | 10:30AM - 3:30PM |
Sunday | Males - General Population | 8:30AM - 10:30AM |
Sunday | Females - General Population |
10:30AM - 3:30PM |
ON-SITE VIDEO VISITATION SCHEDULE (Lobby Kiosk)
Day | Housing Units | Times |
Tuesday | A, B, B-ISO, C, DN, DS, F, Gym, Medical | 8:30AM-12:30PM and 1:30PM-3:30PM |
Tuesday | E | 1:00PM-3:00PM |
Thursday | A, B, B-ISO, C, DN, DS, F, Gym, Medical | 8:30AM-12:30PM and 1:30PM-3:30PM |
Thursday | E | 1:00PM-3:00PM |
OFF-SITE REMOTE VIDEO VISITS FROM YOUR HOME
Monday | A, B, B-ISO, C, DN, DS, F, Gym, Medical | 8:30AM-12:30PM, 1:30PM-3:30PM, 4:30PM-9:00PM |
Tuesday | A, B, B-ISO, C, DN, DS, F, Gym, Medical | 8:30AM-12:30PM, 1:30PM-3:30PM, 4:30PM-9:00PM |
Wednesday | A, B, B-ISO, C, DN, DS, F, Gym, Medical | 8:30AM-12:30PM, 1:30PM-3:30PM, 4:30PM-9:00PM |
Thursday | A, B, B-ISO, C, DN, DS, F, Gym, Medical | 8:30AM-12:30PM, 1:30PM-3:30PM, 4:30PM-9:00PM |
Friday | A, B, B-ISO, C, DN, DS, F, Gym, Medical | 8:30AM-12:30PM, 1:30PM-3:30PM, 4:30PM-9:00PM |
Saturday | A, B, B-ISO, C, DN, DS, F, Gym, Medical | 8:30AM-12:30PM, 1:30PM-3:30PM, 4:30PM-9:00PM |
Sunday | A, B, B-ISO, C, DN, DS, F, Gym, Medical | 8:30AM-12:30PM, 1:30PM-3:30PM, 4:30PM-9:00PM |
(Sunday only) | E (RHU) and Gym | 8:30AM-12:30PM, 1:30PM-3:30PM, 4:30PM-9:00PM |
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 Columbia 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.
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.
TextBehind enables you to communicate with your incarcerated loved ones located inside the United States from anywhere in the world using text letters, kids' drawings, and custom greeting cards. Unlimited inmate reply letters are processed for electronic delivery to your smartphone and email at no extra charge.
The cost to send an electronic letter is approximately $1.00.
Here’s how it works for Columbia County Prison:
1. All offender mail (paper and electronic) is addressed and delivered to TextBehind. Electronic mail is sent through the apps (iphone, Google Play). Paper mail is sent to the address below:
Inmate Name and Inmate Number
Columbia County Prison Pennsylvania (note: please do not abbreviate the name)
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131
2. If it was sent via TextBehind's app (iphone, Google Play), TextBehind can process it within one business day.
3. An additional step is involved in processing mail that is sent using the U.S. Postal Service. TextBehind will use a scanner to make digital files of the contents of the mailing—including cards, photos or artwork.
4. All digital files are then forwarded to the offender’s assigned prison.
5. Columbia County Prison mailroom prints approved pages and delivers them to the inmate.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Here’s what happens when TextBehind receives a letter from an inmate:
YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS...
IMPORTANT TextBehind LINKS:
Register / Log in with TextBehind
Contact TextBehind with Questions
Add an Inmate to your list of Contacts
** Address to Mail letters using TextBehind **
Inmate Name and Inmate Number
Columbia County Prison Pennsylvania (note: please do not abbreviate the name)
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131
Why is TextBehind used by Lockups?
Due to the problem of letters and postcards containing, or soaked in contraband (drugs), TextBehind electronic and physical letters is replacing the former policy of allowing mail to be sent directly from inmate’s friends and family members, and vice versa.
To send a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Columbia County Prison follow these steps:
For all information, tips and available items for shipping Commissary packages to an inmate in Columbia County Prison check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Columbia County.
To send commissary money to an inmate in Columbia County Prison follow these steps:
For all information on how to Send Money to an inmate's account check out our full money and commissary guide for Columbia County Prison.
To send a secure email message to an inmate in Columbia County Prison follow these steps:
For all information on how to Text/Email an Inmate in Columbia County Prison check out our Secure Messaging Guide for Columbia County.
To receive phone calls from inmates in Columbia County, or to assist them in making phone calls to other people, follow these steps:
Note: All your calls with an inmate are recorded, stored and shared with law enforcement if the conversation deals with your case or any criminal activity. Anything communicated can be used against you or your inmate in court.
For all the information regarding phone calls with Columbia County inmates; rules, policies, phone calling times, limits and more visit our Inmate Phone Page.
To visit an inmate in Columbia County follow these steps:
For full instructions on all the benefits of using IC Solutions to visit a Columbia County inmate, visiting an inmate at the jail itself, rates, policies, rules, dress codes, bringing children, attorney and clergy visits and more, go to our official Visit Inmate Page.