Broward County Jail

Telephones

Interview with James and Charles


JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
James: Yeah, but a lot of inmates hogged them.
Charles: Define regular.

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people?
James: After taxes and billing fees and billing fees for the billing fees about $3.00 for a 30 minute call to Broward and Dade. $7.50 for a 6 minute call to Tampa, and $19.00 for a 12 minute call to NY.
Charles: Telekenetix, like $2.85 for connect and out the ass for each minute.

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
James: It was collect call only--except at booking.
Charles: To call cell phones.

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
James: They said they did.
Charles: Of course.

what is the information to add money to an inmate account for them to have phone access.

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maria
Saturday, July 17, 2010

how do i get my cell phone to accept jail calls...need to allow my son to call me from county but i only have a cell phone

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barbara
Thursday, May 6, 2010

call info and ask for correctional billing services or t-netix. you can use a cell phone.

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sam
Sunday, May 16, 2010