Address:
201 Samson Street
Glasgow, KY 42141
Phone:
270-651-8806
You can find information about the Barren County Detention Center’s tablet program at the top of this page. If there is no information about it, it is because they either have recently changed companies or are not yet providing this service for inmates. Call 270-651-8806 to confirm.
Inmates in jails and prisons are using tablets for all the communication services available such as video visitation, video phone calls, regular phone calls, and electronic messaging – which is like texting and email.
Tablets are also used for entertainment, such as watching movies, television shows, listening to music and reading e-books. It is also used for education, self-help information, and legal research.
No, they are not connected to the internet. All the messages, visits and programming goes through a system controlled by the company that provides the tablets, and through the jail. They control what each inmate sees. All messages are carefully screened and not delivered if the sender or the inmate violates jail policy.
For accessing visits and messages, the tablets are free to us. Each unit has many of them, all provided by the company that has contracted with the jail. Of course, the video visits and messages have a fee and those are paid for by the inmate’s family and friends who use the service.
That’s the question a lot of people ask and don’t fully understand.
The way the jail staff looks at it, is that if they can keep the inmates busy and distracted, it makes it safer for them.
Tablets also give them a certain power over controller an inmate’s behavior. For example, if an inmate knows that they will lose the privilege of having access to a tablet if they get into a fight or violate another rule or policy, they will be better behaved.
Tablets are one of the few things that make an inmate feel as though they are free, and they don’t want to lose the privilege of having access to one.
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City Tele Coin
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IC Solutions
Inmate Sales
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J Pay
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Yes, if an inmate breaks a tablet, then they are responsible for paying for it. The money will come out of their commissary funds, so not only do they lose access to having a tablet as punishment, but they also won’t be able to purchase snacks on commissary.
To send commissary money to an inmate in Barren County Detention Center follow these steps:
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For all information on how to Send Money to an inmate's account, what the fees are, how long it takes to hit their account and more, check out our full money and commissary guide for Barren County Detention Center.
To send a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Barren County Detention Center follow these steps:
For all information, tips and available items for shipping Commissary packages to an inmate in Barren County Detention Center, as well as sending money to the inmate so that they can purchase their own items, check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Barren County.
To schedule a visit and meet with an inmate in Barren County, either at-the-jail or remotely by video, follow these instructions:
For all the information you need to schedule and visit with a Barren County Detention Center inmate, including how it works, how much it costs, visitation using a rented tablet, how often and when you can visit and more, check out our Visit Inmate Page.
NOTE: Your visits will be monitored, recorded and stored. You may want to refrain from discussing your inmate's court case as anything discussed can be used against them in court.
To communicate by telephone with a Barren County inmate, follow these instructions:
For all the information you need to receive phone calls from a Barren County Detention Center inmate, including how it works, how much it costs, how often you can receive calls and when you can receive them and more, check out our Inmate Phone Page.
NOTE: Your phone calls will be monitored and stored. You may want to refrain from discussing your inmate's court case. Anything discussed on the calls may be used in your inmate's court case.
For inmates receiving mail in the Barren County Detention Center there are different addresses and policies depending on the inmate's status, as well as what type of mail they are receiving; personal mail, legal mail, subscriptions or books sent from a third-party such as Amazon.
All mail is to be shipped to the Barren County Detention Center:
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID#
Barren County Detention Center
C/O Mail Processing Center
PO box 9120
Seminole, Florida 33775-9120
For complete information on mail policies, what you can send an inmate and what address to send them, check out our Inmate Mail page.
