Address:
900 Environmental Way
Idaho Falls, ID 83401
Phone:
208-529-1315
How it Works with GettingOut
1. Register an account.
2. Select Bonneville County Jail
3. Choose either an INMATE ACCOUNT or FRIENDS & FAMILY ACCOUNT.
4. You will then receive prompts to validate both your identity and phone number .
5. Again, choose your inmate's facility, then type their name and select your inmate.
GettingOut will then guide you through the steps needed to arrange your remote visit.
Customer Service for GettingOut
If you have any questions, you can call them at 866-516-0115.
GettingOut online contact form
Frequently Asked Questions
The GettingOut App is available on Google Play and Apple Store.
900 Environmental Way
Idaho Falls, ID 83401
208-529-1315
Schedule Video Visits online with gettingout
DAY | TIME |
SUNDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
MONDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
TUESDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
WEDNESDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
THURSDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
FRIDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
SATURDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
DAY | TIME |
SUNDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
MONDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
TUESDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
WEDNESDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
THURSDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
FRIDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
SATURDAY | 7:00 AM - 11:45AM 12:00PM- 5:45PM 6:00PM - 6:45PM 7:30PM - 9:45PM |
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 Bonneville 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.
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.
Postcards
The Bonneville County Jail allows inmates to receive pre-metered postcards like the type purchased from the post office. They may also allow certain photo postcards as long as they have not been tampered with or contain images that may be considered to be obscene or violent in nature.
Envelopes
The Bonneville County Jail also allows envelopes to be mailed to inmates.
Postcards and envelopes MUST be mailed to the following address:
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID#
Bonneville County Jail - ID
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131
Legal Mail
Send all legal Mail to this Address:
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID#
Bonneville County Jail
605 North Capital
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402
Newspapers
Local or national newspapers may also be mailed to the inmate as long as they are mailed directly from the newspaper publisher.
Magazines
News, special interest or sports magazines may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher. Any magazines that contain profanity, weapons, pornography or other content that is adult in nature will be confiscated by the jail staff and will NOT be delivered to the inmate.
Books
The Bonneville County Jail allows books to be mailed directly to the jail from a reputable source such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million. You can order them directly from your computer and have them shipped to the inmate at the address below.
Books must NOT contain images or content that are considered excessively violent, pornographic or obscene. Any book that does not meet the Bonneville County Jail standards will be disposed of. No more than three books may be shipped at any one time.
Hard cover books will not be accepted by the jail due to their potential to be used as a weapon.
All newspapers, magazines and books are to be shipped to:
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID#
Bonneville County Jail
605 North Capital
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402
To receive phone calls from inmates in Bonneville County, or to assist them in making phone calls to other people, follow these steps:
1. Start by confirming that Bonneville County Jail has the phone service you need to communicate with your inmate by the facility lookup here.
2. In the meantime, you can create an account here for GettingOut.
3. Then add funds to your account. This account can be controlled by just you, or by both you and your inmate.
4. Last, select Bonneville County Jail, and then the inmate you wish to communicate with.
Bonneville County Services that are provided by GettingOut, a GTL company:
- Phone Calls & Voicemail
- Video Visits (from home or jail lobby)
- Email & Photo Sharing
- Tablet Rental
- Deposits
Phone & Voicemail Fees
1. GettingOut charges $0.25 per minute for all phone calls, prepaid or collect, within Idaho.
2. Prepaid calls between Idaho and other states costs $0.21 per minute. International calls are $0.95 per minute.
3. There is a fee of $3.00 every time you add money to your account online, and it costs $5.95 if you add funds over the phone with a live agent.
4. You can also leave an inmate a short voice message for a flat fee of $1.25.
Note: Rates are subject to change.
Types of Phone Calls
Collect Calls
Collect calls allow you to accept and pay for calls to your land line (only) phone account. This means that if you accept your call from your inmate, all the charges for that call will then be billed to your land line phone account and will show up and be listed on your next local phone bill. Additional fees, costs, restrictions may apply.
Prepaid calls (Direct Calls)
With Prepaid Calls you can set up your account so that the inmate can only call you and/or you can just deposit money in their account and they can purchase prepaid phone cards through their commissary and call whoever they choose, provided the Bonneville County Jail approves of the phone number.
Quick Connect
Quick connect is an alternative to collect calls. It allows you to quickly pay for a phone call with your credit card. When your inmate calls you, follow the instructions from the automated voice system to pay for that one phone call, directly billed to your card.
Customer Service
If you have any questions about the Bonneville County Jail GettingOut phone services, you can call them at 866-516-0115.
* All the information you need to understand making and receiving phone calls with inmates in Bonneville County, can be found on our Inmate Phone Page.
Because Bonneville County and Idaho can change their bail bond procedures, it is always best to call either the Bonneville County Jail at 208-529-1315, or the court in the jurisdiction (i.e. Municipal Court, District Court, etc.) where the offender was charged, and do this right after an arrestee has been booked.
Ask the staff at the Bonneville County Jail or the Bonneville County Court Clerk these specific questions:
If you feel the bail is too high and you wish to get it reduced, contact a lawyer or the defendant's public defender and get them to look into what they can do to get a bail reduction. The sooner you get working on this the quicker you will get your loved one released.
This entire process will go smoother and faster with a criminal attorney or bail agent handling it for you.
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 Bonneville County Jail:
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
Bonneville County Jail Idaho (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. Bonneville County Jail 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
Bonneville County Jail Idaho (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.
How to Make a Deposit for Phone, Email or Visitation using GettingOut.com
Bonneville County Jail uses GettingOut for some or all of its communication services with an inmate.
If you want to deposit money using this company for your use or your inmate's account, there are four ways to do it:
For all the information you need to know, including tips, guidelines and warnings about depositing money in a Bonneville County Jail inmate's account for communication services, check out our Send Money page.
To find out how to get access to a tablet for inmate read the following:
1. First, Register or Sign In to GettingOut/GTL
2. Purchase the services you want for your Bonneville County Jail inmate.
3. All inmates have free access to the tablets to read their letters from family & friends, but there are many other services available to keep your inmate busy while incarcerated... such as Games, Books, Music and Movies. These other services come with fees that you can pay for when you pay for phone service.
To learn more about Tablet Rentals for inmates, including the cost, all the services available and everything else you need to know, check out our Tablet Rental Page.
To mail or email an inmate in Bonneville County follow these steps:
When mailing a letter or postcard to an inmate, please follow these instructions:
Emailing Messages & Photos
Facility_name_1} contracts with GTL GettingOut, the same service that handles iInmate Phone Systems and Video Visitation, for sending secure messages and photos between you and your inmate.
If you are not already registered, do so here, or Log in.
Then use the Facility Finder to:
1. Select Bonneville County Jail,
2. Add your inmate to your list of contacts,
3. Add a credit or debit card to cover your costs.
Customer Service Questions
'Online' Contact Form, or
Call 866-516-0115
Go here to this FAQ to get answers to how the transition to ViaPath from GTL and gettingout will affect your account.
All the information you need to understand mail and email policies for Bonneville County can be found on our Inmate Mail Page and our Text/Email an Inmate Page.
To visit an inmate in Bonneville County, whether by video or in person 'at the jail', follow these steps:
Other than 'at the jail' visits between you and your inmate, which is explained and outlined in detail on our Visit Inmate Page, Bonneville County remote video inmate visitation can be done using the services of GettingOut.
There are three ways to remotely visit your inmate in Bonneville County Jail:
1. Using the GettingOut Kiosk at the jail.
2. Using your computer from home.
3. Using your phone on the GettingOut apps.
To remotely visit an inmate in Bonneville County follow these steps:
1. Start by confirming that Bonneville County Jail's Video Visitation is working correctly by looking up Bonneville County here.
2. The next step is to create an account here for GettingOut.
3. Then add funds to your account.
4. Last, select Bonneville County Jail, and then the inmate you wish to communicate with.
Other Bonneville County Services provided by GettingOut:
- Phone Calls & Voicemail
- Email, Photo & Video Sharing
- Inmate Tablet Rental
- Deposits
Customer Service
If you have any questions about the Bonneville County Jail Visitation Services you can call them at 866-516-0115.
Frequently Asked Questions
* All the information you need to have complete knowledge about inmate visitation; policies, rules, fees, schedules, tips, dress codes, and children, lawyers and clergy visitation in Bonneville County, can be found on our Visit Inmate Page.
Bonneville County Jail Phone: 208-529-1315
To send a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Bonneville County Jail follow these steps:
For all information, tips and available items for shipping Commissary packages to an inmate in Bonneville County Jail check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Bonneville County.
To send commissary money to an inmate in Bonneville County Jail 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 Bonneville County Jail.