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Telephones
Interview with Julie, Inmate's Sister, Houston, Claire, Jim, Smyth, Ken, Charlene, Greg, GMan, Jamie and Leisha
JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Julie: yes i did
Inmate's Sister: no only in the county jail 1 time
Houston: Yes
Claire: Yes, there were three telephones in our pod to which we had access
from about 9 a.m. until 9 or 10 p.m.
Jim: Yes telephones are in each cell house and you
have to call collect which is very expensive
Smyth: NEVER
Ken: Yes
Charlene: YES
Greg: yes I did.
GMan: Rarely...others were always in line trying to use
the phone.
Jamie: -------yes
Leisha: no,they need to get phone cards ,because it's
very hard to make phone calls
JM: What types of charges applied for calling people?
Julie: I honestly did not get charged i called my hose
several times getting things straight for my
bail never recieved the charges
Inmate's Sister: collect call
Houston: Not sure
Claire: All calls made from the pods were collect calls. The receiving party
was charged $3.25/call.
Jim: Approx 25 dollars for a 15 minute call
Smyth: Nonexistent at Pam Lynchner State Jail
Ken: Calls were collect.
Charlene: I don't know
Greg: 1800 collect,.
GMan: They were required to pay...it was a collect call.
Jamie: ---------------
Leisha: to much money for one phone call
JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Julie: no i just called collect
Inmate's Sister: couldnt didnt get phone calls
Houston: No
Claire: Phone cards were not sold there.
Jim: no
Smyth: CANNOT
Ken: Yes, if they were available
Charlene: I couldn't
Greg: yes.
GMan: No
Jamie: yes
Leisha: harris county don't have any
JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Julie: NOt that i know of
Inmate's Sister: yes always
Houston: Im sure
Claire: I was never aware of this, but I heard rumors.
Jim: yes they record all calls
Smyth: NEVER GOT A CALL
Ken: I don't know, don't think so.
Charlene: no
Greg: I assume, they would in case you say anything
but that isn't a reason that makes it right to
do so.
GMan: I have no idea...I think it's safe to assume that
they did.
Jamie: yes
Leisha: yes
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the phone service at the baker st. is tearable you can not hear.sounds like a can with cotton in it.....
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How do I remove blocked calls
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my phone rang and i pushed the block call button by wrong doing. so how do i un block the calls again?
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Is there a way to set up to receive collect calls on a cel phone? Thanks.
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HOW OR WHERE DO U DO DAT AT
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Well, SOMEONE at Harris County tried the old *72 trick on me today. I did not fall for it, but made him believe I did. He says he is a deputy and I can have my number removed from the computer by calling *721 blah blah blah then his secretary will take care of it, but that I MUST dial exacxtly the way he says. In case no one knows the *72 farwards ALL of your calls to that phone number... let them know your business and steal your identity as well.... think about it! I think that ALL inmate calls should be monitored by a deputy at all times, but who knows it might be a deputy doing it?????? by the way I live over 500 miles from Houston.
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I received the infamous payphone scam from Harris County Jail and I am approx 250 miles away. This needs to be investigated on a higher level. Whether this is inmates or staff, it needs to be taken care of.
Stupid thing is, when they called this number they didn't realize they were calling the house of a police officer. Dumb move. |
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How do you set up an account for inmates to call cell phones?
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how does the inmate know that a calling service has been enabled and what number do they call?
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11-13-08 I received a phone call from the Harris County Jail. Message said not to dial *72 because I may be charged additional monies. By answering the phone I was charged $3.25 I think; but they called again, so I answered thinking it may be a family member. The supposed officer said to punch in *72 so I can get a refund from his secretary but I did not because the previous message said not to due to extra charges. I need to sue the Harris County Jail to get my money back. I dialed the number he gave me 832-785-45__ and the girl did not know anything about it. Is the officer correct or is it a scam being played by someone or the City to get money. Who can I call?
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Do you have any new information on this? Because the same thing keeps happening to me, and I don't know how to make it stop
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The exact same thing happened to me that happened to "almost duped" Some inmate from Harris County Prison kept calling my home numerous times about 3-5 and I finally picked up at the end, the inmate on the other line, who sounded very uneducated, asked me if I wanted him to charge the phone companies so that it wouldn't cost me a dime, which was strange to me because how could an inmate at a Prison house have access to so many calls and just be allowed to do such things, this was obviously a scam, so I declined the offer, and now I'm afraid this inmate might come after me what should I do?
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Wow. I've denied over a dozen collect calls today and some inmate keeps calling back. I've resisted the temptation to fund someone else's long distance bill so far, but perhaps I'll cave in after 20 tries? Not so bright. I suppose this is how they ended up in there.
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