Snohomish County Jail

Telephones

Interview with Jon, Sabrina and Ronchie Boy


JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Jon: yes
Sabrina: yes but you can only call landlines and really who answers those...
Ronchie Boy: during rec time you could use the phone all you want as long as there isn't a line. If there was, then you had about 10 minutes.

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people?
Jon: My people had to set up a account, but it was like 3 or 4 dollars for 15min
Sabrina: probly a lot but no one really cared about that just getting me out was important ebough
Ronchie Boy: you had prepaid service called Global Tel Link.

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Jon: No I wish you could
Sabrina: no
Ronchie Boy: people on the outside deposited money to make phone calls.

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Jon: It says that they do
Sabrina: yes of course they did
Ronchie Boy: that I'm not sure

the calls are 20 minutes u can call cell phones all you do is call global tech 18004838314 listen to the prompts. use a visa card if you don't have one get one at safeway or albertsons $25 or $50. it's really simple.

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tanya
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

How do I set up a phone account?

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Jennifer Acosta
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

How do you set up a phone account?

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Karen
Monday, January 5, 2009