If I get free collect calls on my house phone do I still have to add money
Tatyana Williams
Yes, the prisons have contracts with carriers where they share revenue for all outbound calling.
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Yes, the prisons have contracts with carriers where they share revenue for all outbound calling. You will have to fund that account either as a pre-pay account or get calling cards for your inmate who buys them at the commissary. Our service makes those calls cheaper by getting a local telephone number for the inmate to use. When they call the local number the carrier charges ONLY for a local call - InmateAid covers the long distance portion which is the biggest part of the charge.
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Accepted Answer Date Created: October 23,2014
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