Address:
153 Public Safety Way
Brevard, NC 28712
Phone:
828-884-3147
You can find information about the Transylvania 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 828-884-3147 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.
CIDNET
City Tele Coin
Gettingout
GTL
Homewav
IC Solutions
Inmate Sales
JailATM
J Pay
NCIC
Oasis
Paytel
Reliance
Securus
Smart Communications
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 a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Transylvania County Detention Center follow these steps:
For all information, tips and to see the hundreds of available items for shipping Commissary packages to an inmate in Transylvania County Detention Center, or to see how deposit money so that your inmate can purchase their own commissary, check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Transylvania County.
For all information, tips and to see the hundreds of available items for shipping Commissary packages to an inmate in Transylvania County Detention Center, or to see how deposit money so that your inmate can purchase their own commissary, check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Transylvania County.
To send a secure email message to an inmate in Transylvania County Detention Center follow these steps:
For all information on how to Text/Email an Inmate in Transylvania County Detention Center, the costs, rules, policies and more check out our Secure Messaging Guide for Transylvania County.
Other than 'at the jail' visits between you and your inmate at Transylvania County Detention Center, which is explained and outlined in detail on our Visit Inmate Page, Transylvania County remote video inmate visitation can be done using the services of Inmate Sales utilizing the following instructions:
In order to have a successful video visit with an inmate in Transylvania County, these are the steps to follow:
* 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 Transylvania County, can be found on our Visit Inmate Page.
Transylvania County Detention Center Phone: 828-884-3147
For inmates receiving mail in the Transylvania 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 Transylvania County Detention Center:
Inmate's Name
Transylvania County Detention Center
153 Public Safety Way
Brevard, NC 28712
For complete information on mail policies, what you can send an inmate and what address to send them, check out our Inmate Mail page.
To receive phone calls from inmates in Transylvania County, or to assist them in making phone calls to other people, follow these steps:
For all the information regarding phone calls with Transylvania County inmates; rules, policies, phone calling times, limits and more visit our Inmate Phone Page.
