Gregg County South Jail Remote Inmate Video Visits

Schedule a Video Visit with an Inmate at the Gregg County South Jail - Remotely or at the Jail

Visits let people held at Gregg County South Jail stay in touch with family and friends while they are in custody.

One way that Gregg County South Jail is able to accomplish this is with ncic remote video visitation. Remote visiting allows loved ones to use their phone or computer to connect with their inmate by video, in a joint effort between the facility and ncic.

The benefits of video visitation are:

• Allows the inmates to stay in touch with friends, family and children.

For more information on ncic video visits and video messages, call the facility at 903-236-1755 or scroll down for a complete section of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers.

Gregg County South Jail

Address:
101 E. Methvin
Longview, TX 75601
Phone:
903-236-1755

Gregg County South Jail - Remote Video Visitation with your Inmate

Remote Video Visits With a Gregg County South Jail Inmate

You don't have to come to the courthouse to see someone held there: NCIC offers video visits of up to 20 minutes from the inmate's housing unit, at $0.30 per minute. Log in at NCIC.com, choose “schedule a video visit,” and pick a time. The Sheriff allows an unlimited number of these each week. NCIC's support line (888-686-3699) can help with scheduling or connection problems.

Gregg County South Jail VIDEO VISITATION SCHEDULE

101 E. Methvin
Longview, TX 75601
903-236-1755

Schedule Video Visits online with NCIC

• All visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance.
• Visitation Schedule subject to change.
• Visits are 20 minutes and cost $0.30 per minute.

• Inmates can have up to 5 people that can be added to their visitation card who are of IMMEDIATE family to the inmate.

• The visitation card can take up to 10 days to be approved.

• The inmate may make changes to their visitation card once every 30 days. IMMEDIATE family members of the inmate include the following:

  Mother or Father
  Brother or Sister
  Child of inmate
  Spouse - Legally married to the inmate and can provide proof (marriage certificate). Common law marriage WILL NOT be approved for visitation

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 Gregg County South 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.

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