Do you have to specify what the money you send an inmate is for?
Can money people send for commissary be used by inmate for phone calls? Do u have to specify what for?
Mary Pethtel
In most facilities the money that goes into an inmate's trust account can be designated for commissary and telephone calls.
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In most facilities the money that goes into an inmate's trust account can be designated for commissary and telephone calls. When you are sending money, there are no ways to specify what you want them to spend it on. If you set up a phone account, that money will only be for the phone calls to you.
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Accepted Answer Date Created: February 27,2016
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Last reviewed April 2016.