Pitkin County Jail Remote Inmate Video Visits
Schedule a Video Visit with an Inmate at the Pitkin County Jail
Pitkin County Jail is committed to keeping inmates connected to their families and friends. Strong family ties help inmates transition back into society and reduce the likelihood of reoffending after release.
To support this, Pitkin County Jail provides (or will soon provide) remote video visitation. This allows inmates to connect with loved ones via video kiosks or tablets through a third-party service.
The advantages of video visits include:
- Boosts inmate happiness and well-being.
- Maintains inmates' connections with family and friends.
- Minimizes staff time required for visitation management.
- Provides a source of revenue for the jail.
- Prevents the spread of viruses.
- Limits contraband from entering during in-person visits.
For more details about video visitation, contact Pitkin County Jail at 970-920-5331, or scroll down for answers to frequently asked questions.
Pitkin County Jail
Address:
Pitkin County Jail
530 E Main St Ste 103
Aspen, CO 81611
Phone:
970-920-5331
Remote Video Visitation Information
Pitkin County Jail uses the services of Inmate Canteen for Inmate Video Visitations.
For best results use google chrome as your browser for accessing Inmate Canteen.
Instructions on purchasing visitation services with an inmate:
Inmate Canteen Customer Service can be reached at 715-690-2965, or by email at support@inmatecanteen.com.
- Register or Log in to your account
- Select the facility where the inmate is located and the inmate you wish to visit with.
- Select the Visit option.
- Follow the prompts on screen to set up a time to visit with your inmate.
Frequently Asked Questions about Remote Video Visits
What is a video visit, and how do they work?
Who are the companies that facilitate video visits?
What is a video visit, and how do they work?
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 Pitkin County Jail 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.
Inmate Canteen 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 Inmate Canteen video visit.
Who are the companies that facilitate video visits?
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
NCIC
Prodigy Sales
Reliance
Securus
Smart Communications
Tiger Services
Visitel
In addition, some jails use Microsoft Meeting and Zoom.