Defiance County Jail Remote Inmate Video Visits

Schedule a Video Visit with an Inmate at the Defiance County Jail

Defiance 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, Defiance 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 Defiance County Jail at 419-428-3800, or scroll down for answers to frequently asked questions.

Defiance County Jail

Address:
113 Blede Avenue
Defiance, OH 43512
Phone:
419-428-3800

Defiance County Jail
ON-SITE (at the jail) VISITATION SCHEDULE

• All visits take place using video with 'gettingout' at Corrections Center of NW Ohio.
  
• Appointments may be scheduled up to one week in advance, but no less than 24 hours in advance.
• Visitors should arrive at CCNO to register with Central Control at least 10 minutes prior to the lobby visit for processing. If you are late, your visit will still take place, but will still end at the scheduled time.
• Inmates are allowed one visit per week (Sunday through Saturday) using the CCNO lobby video visitation units.  Inmates who are facility workers and/or in the Public Works Program, Work Release or HITT are allowed two visits per week utilizing the CCNO lobby video visitation units.

Defiance County Jail
OFF-SITE (at home) REMOTE VIDEO VISITATION SCHEDULE

• All visits take place using video with 'gettingout' 
  
• Appointments may be scheduled up to one week in advance, but no less than 24 hours in advance.
• Visitors should be at the computer at least 10 minutes prior to the visit. If you are late, your visit will still take place, but will still end at the scheduled time.
• Inmates are allowed one visit per day. If you schedule on ON-site and an OFF-site visit for the same day, the OFF SITE VISIT will be cancelled.

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 Defiance 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.

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
Gettingintouch (netvisit)
NCIC
Prodigy Sales
Reliance
Securus
Smart Communications
Tiger Services
Visitel
In addition, some jails use Microsoft Meeting and Zoom.