Lake County Jail allows inmates to purchase commissary. Ask the jail what its commissary sells; snacks and hygiene items are common.
You can buy commissary for an inmate using an online service called Access Securepak.
Call the facility at 219-648-6300 to ask whether there is a limit on how much an inmate can spend on commissary.
Access Securepak's site shows whether friends and family can order commissary for an inmate at this jail.
Scroll down for information on the Lake County Jail's service they use for you being able to purchase commissary items online and have them shipped directly to the inmate.
You can also go to our Inmate Money page for information on how to send money to an inmate.
Address:
2293 N. Main Street
Crown Point, IN 46307-1854
Phone:
219-648-6300
Access Securepak's catalog groups items into categories such as:
- Food and Snacks
- Personal Hygiene Products
- Electronics
- Apparel
Registration Process:
1. Register here.
2. Select Indiana.
3. Select Lake County Jail.
4. Find your Inmate.
5. Deposit Funds.
6. Order Commissary Items.
Once you are logged in, you will receive instructions on how much (and what products) you can send your inmate.
Contact Information:
* If you have any questions, you can call Access Securepak at 800-546-6283.
* You can email My Care Pack at customerservice@securepak.net.
* You can write them at:
Access Securepak
10880 Linpage Place
St. Louis, MO 63132
* You can Live Chat with a Representative online: (bottom left corner of page)
Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.–11 p.m. CST,
and Saturdays, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. CST.
*Note* Access Securepak will issue a refund for or replace broken, damaged, or missing products reported by Lake County Jail staff. They will not honor reports of discrepancies from inmate's families or friends. They have a very good mix of Chips, Snacks, Candy, Meat, Seafood, Hygiene products, Letter writing materials, Electronics and Apparel items for sale on their website.
*NOTE* -- Once you are fully registered and have selected the inmate you wish to send commissary to, you will receive instructions on how much you can deposit, how much (and what) you can purchase for your inmate, and how often you can send commissary.
Option 1 - Dropping Money at the Jail
Bring money to the jail in person.
You will use a Touchpay self-serve kiosk in the lobbies that accepts cash, debit or credit cards.
Option 2 - Deposit Inmate Money Online
Lake County Jail uses Touchpay to process all online deposits to an inmate's account. The company charges you a small fee for doing so, but the fee probably isn't as much as gas and parking would cost to take it to the jail in person.
Option 3 - Mail the Inmate Deposit to the Jail
Mailing a deposit takes more time to process than the other methods but can be done if you live too far away to bring it in person and you don't have a debit/credit card for online deposits. Never send cash. Always send a Money Order from the US Post Office, a reputable bank or Western Union.
NOTE: Call the Lake County Jail at 219-648-6300 to see if they are still allowing money orders to be mailed.
Option 4 - Make an Inmate Deposit over the Phone by calling Touchpay at 866-232-1899.
To do this you will need the inmate's offender # (inmate ID #), full legal name, and Facility Locator Number. Call 219-648-6300 to get the Facility Locator Number.
Hot food orders are not offered at every jail that uses Access Securepak. Before ordering, ask the Lake County Jail or Access Securepak (800-546-6283) whether they are available there.
Option 1 - Dropping Money at the Jail for Commissary
Bring money to the jail in person.
Either the jail personnel will process the Inmate Account payment or you will use a self-serve kiosk in the lobbies that accepts cash, debit or credit cards.
Lake County Sheriff's Department accepts money orders only for commissary, Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturdays during visiting hours only.
Option 2 - Deposit Inmate Money Online for Commissary
Lake County Jail uses Touchpay to process all online deposits to an inmate's account. The company charges you a small fee for doing so, but the fee probably isn't as much as gas and parking would cost to take it to the jail in person.
Option 3 - Mail the Inmate Deposit to the Jail for Commissary
Mailing a deposit takes more time to process than the other methods but can be done if you live too far away to bring it in person and you don't have a debit/credit card for online deposits. Never send cash. Always send a Money Order from the US Post Office, a reputable bank or Western Union.
Make the Money Order out to the inmate's name and put their Inmate ID# in memo section of the Money Order.
Failure to do this properly will delay your inmate getting his account credited and may require you to have to resubmit a second money order.
Inmate's Full Name
Lake County Jail
2293 N. Main Street
Crown Point, IN 46307-1854
Option 4 - Make an Inmate Deposit over the Phone by calling 866-516-0115 for Communications
To do this you will need the inmate's offender # (inmate ID #) and full legal name.
What items can inmates purchase in jail and prison?
How much money can an inmate spend on commissary each month?
How often can inmates purchase commissary?
How can a friend or family member deposit money for an inmate?
What companies do jails use to send money to inmates?
How do I send an inmate money by mail?
Can I send an inmate money using the internet?
How expensive are items on commissary?
How much money can an inmate have in his commissary account?
Can I send an inmate a package or care pack?
Can an inmate buy gifts on commissary?
Commissary, also known as Canteen, is the ‘store’ within a jail or prison where inmates can purchase items that they want or need to make their stay in jail or prison less of a burden.
Snacks and comfort foods, branded hygiene products they are used to, sneakers and t-shirts, prayer blankets, radios, headphones, television sets, tablets, stationary products and art supplies; depending on the facility, there are thousands of products to choose from.
Some jail and prison systems run their own commissary store, others contract out to companies that serve dozens or hundreds of jails, where inmates and/or their friends and families can purchase products through a website from home, or a kiosk or tablet within their facility.
Commissary can be purchased directly by inmates using money deposited into their TouchPay account, or purchased online by friends and family, which are then shipped by Access Securepak to the inmate.
Food
• Cookies
• Pastries
• Candy
• Tuna and mackerel
• Coffee and Tea
• Soft drinks
• Energy drinks
• Pizza
• Hamburgers
• Chicken fingers
• Spices
Hygiene
• Shampoo
• Soap
• Shaving supplies
• Lotions
• Deodorant
• Oral care
• Toilet paper
• Nail care
Clothing
• Sweats
• Sneakers
• Shorts
• Underwear and bras
• Socks
• Jackets
• Hats
Electronics
• Televisions
• Radios
• Headphones
• Tablets
• Watches
Miscellaneous
• Playing cards
• Games
• Bibles
• Books
• Art supplies
• Stationery supplies
• Vaping products (only some states)
• Greeting cards
Generally, the maximum spend in jail is about $300 per month. Prisons allow a bit more as it is more of a permanent home, whereby jail is temporary. To find out how much an inmate in the Lake County Jail can spend each month, call 219-648-6300 or review the Access Securepak commissary instructions.
Some jails allow the purchase of commissary twice a week, others once a week or every other week. A lot of the online stores care pack companies are once a month. To find out the exact Access Securepak schedule for the Lake County Jail, call 219-648-6300.
Lake County Jail has its own methods for receiving money for inmates, and that information can be found above or by calling 219-648-6300 and asking, however most jails and prisons receive money for an inmate’s trust and Access Securepak commissary account, as well as an account used for communications, pretty much the same way.
1. Mailing an inmate a money order or cashier’s check from a trusted source such as the Post Office, a local bank, or Western Union. Ask the Lake County Jail how the money order must be made out, and put the inmate’s name and ID# on the memo line of the check.
When mailing a money order or cashier’s check, send it an envelope by itself. Never send it with a letter or photos for your inmate.
Never send personal checks or cash either.
2. Ask the Lake County Jail whether it has a TouchPay kiosk on site where you can deposit cash or use a debit or credit card.
3. Some jails have a reception desk or booth that is open during certain hours that they will list on their website. They will accept cash, money orders or cashier checks. Other facilities that don’t have a human manning the desk will have mail drop where you can leave a money order or check. No cash can be left in these boxes.
4. There are multiple companies that jails and prisons contract with which accept TouchPay inmate deposits online, by mail or over the phone, or even in ATM machines you can find in check cashing stores and retail outlets across the country.
If one of these companies (listed in the next question) works with Lake County Jail, this online deposit information will be outlined above.
There are many companies competing for the accounts of jail and prison inmates. Their intention is to alleviate the staffing and financial responsibility of handling inmate’s accounts. They usually charge a fee equal to 3-5% of the total deposit.
The companies, in alphabetical order, are:
Access Corrections
AllPaid (aka GovPayNet)
Care A Cell
Cash Bond Online
CIDNET
City Tele Coin
CommissaryDeposit.com
Correct Solutions Group
Correctpay
Ctel
Edevo
Express Account
gettingout
GTL
Inmate Canteen
InmateSales
JailATM
Jail Pack Store (McDaniel Supply)
Jailpayments.com
Jpay
NCIC
JailCanteen (Oasis)
Paytel
Pigeonly
Prodigy Sales
Reliance
Securus
Smart Communications
Tiger
Touchpay
To send an inmate money by mail you first have to have the money converted to a money order, preferably from the US Post Office, or a Cashier’s Check. Never send cash, and never send a personal check.
Call the jail at 219-648-6300 to confirm this address for the Lake County Jail:
Inmate's Full Name
Lake County Jail
2293 N. Main Street
Crown Point, IN 46307-1854
Almost every facility contracts with a company that helps friends and families of inmates send them money. The list can be found above.
To confirm who Lake County Jail contracts with for TouchPay inmate deposits, go to the inmate money page or call them at 219-648-6300.
Items on commissary are no more expensive than they would be at a local Walmart store.
A commissary deposit is the money that a person on the outside deposits in an inmate’s trust account, so the inmate can have money to spend on Access Securepak commissary and communication services.
The limit that an inmate can have in their commissary account is usually about $300.00. To confirm what the limit is for Lake County Jail, call the facility at 219-648-6300.
Many jails contract with companies that send food, hygiene products and/or clothing to inmates. These can be purchased and sent by friends and family on a weekly or monthly basis.
Lake County Jail inmates can only get items sent from Access Securepak the one that your jail has a contract with.
Access Securepak inmate carepacks are a pack of snacks and/or hygiene products that friends or family members of an inmate can purchase online and have shipped to an inmate. The carepack company needs to have a contract with the facility and a sender (you) before it can be shipped to the inmate.
Check the Money Page or the Commissary Page for this information, or call the jail at 219-648-6300 to see which one that the Lake County Jail works with.
Here are the commissary package companies, in alphabetical order, that provide this service to jails in the United States:
Access Securepak
Care A Cell
Commissary order
Correct Pay
Express Account
icare
Inmate Canteen
Jail ATM
Jail Pack Store (McDaniel Supply)
My Care Pack
Oasis (jailcanteen)
Prodigy Solutions
Tiger
Union Supply Direct
Not really. Other than the basic supplies mentioned above there are no Access Securepak gifts other than greeting cards that they can fill out and mail to a friend, family or loved one.
Does the Lake County Jail allow packages to be shipped to an inmate?
Whether a parcel may be shipped to someone at Lake County Jail is decided by that jail. Call 219-648-6300 before you pay a vendor.
What kind of things can an inmate in the Lake County Jail buy in commissary?
What a person held at Lake County Jail may buy is set by the jail. Call 219-648-6300 and ask for the current list.
Why do inmates in the Lake County Jail need commissary?
Commissary is the extra account for purchases beyond what custody already includes. What Lake County Jail hands out, and what a family may add, is answered at 219-648-6300.
Are commissary items used for gambling in the Lake County Jail?
Rules on trading or betting with commissary goods are set and enforced by Lake County Jail. If you are worried about how money you send is being used, call 219-648-6300.
How much money should you send an inmate in Lake County Jail for commissary?
Do not mail cash or a personal check. Call 219-648-6300 and ask whether Lake County Jail caps deposits.
I didn't get the items from Access Securepak that I ordered. Can I get a refund?
If an order arrives short or damaged, call Lake County Jail at 219-648-6300 before you ask the vendor about a refund.