An inmate can use money from their Trust Fund to purchase items from the Maine DOC Commissary.
The Maine Department of Corrections maintains it's own inmate money deposit system which can be done entirely online.
Money can be deposited for both commissary items and for phone use. When making a phone call to you, the inmnate's phone account will be debited at the rate of $0.21 per minute.
There is a deposit limit of $100 per day for commissary (inmate trust) accounts and $100 per day for the phone account, with a maximum of $200 per week per account.
It takes three business days for your deposit to reach the inmate's account, and if they want the inmate can transfer money between their two accounts.
Money may also be mailed to the inmate. DO NOT SEND CASH.
Mail to the address provided for this facility.
Accepted forms of payment include: U.S. Postal money orders, cashier's checks/official checks from a Maine bank, money orders from a Maine bank, government checks (including tribal checks).
Money orders/checks must be legible and contain the adult resident or juvenile resident's full name (with middle initial and MDOC number if you know it) to ensure it is applied to the correct account.
Your envelope should also have your full name and address, otherwise they will not be processed.
Here is a sample of what an inmate can purchase:
Food
Hygiene
Apparel
Electronics
