How to visit, scheduling, dress code, and visitor requirements
Bay County Jail has specific rules for video visits you'll want to know before making plans. If you've been incarcerated within the past 90 days, you can't schedule a visit. The same goes for anyone under a court no-contact order—no video visitation privileges. Before you travel, complete the facility's visitor application and wait until you're confirmed on the inmate's approved visitor list. Taking a video visit from your car? You must be safely parked—operating the vehicle ends the visit immediately. Visits can also be terminated for displaying weapons, using secondary recording devices, or any sexualized behavior and pornographic photography. Dress conservatively: nudity and exposure of breasts, buttocks, or genitalia are prohibited, and tops must fully cover the breasts.
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Bay County Jail video visits run through Via Path Technologies, and the rules are strict. They exist to prevent misuse and protect everyone's safety. Want your session to last? Know what not to do.
Bay County Jail uses Via Path Technologies (GettingOut) for online video visitation. Getting blocked when you try to schedule? It usually comes down to eligibility—most often the 90-day recent incarceration rule or a court-ordered no-contact restriction. Sometimes it's an account setup issue that needs fixing before the system will let you book.
Bay County Jail video visits run through Via Path Technologies/GettingOut. One of the fastest ways to get cut off? Using any kind of secondary recording. Don't point your phone at the screen. Don't set up another camera in the room. Don't use screen-recording tools during the call. If staff or the system detects you're capturing the visit outside the platform, your visit can be ended immediately.
People incarcerated within the past 90 days are not eligible to schedule a visit. Inmates subject to a court no-contact order are also not permitted video visitation privileges.
Yes. You must be safely parked inside a motor vehicle, and operating the vehicle during the visit will end the visit.
A visit can be terminated for nudity or exposure of breasts, buttocks, or genitalia, or for revealing clothing that doesn’t cover the breasts. It can also end for sexualized behavior (innuendos, posing, performances, pornographic photos), displaying weapons, or using secondary recording/video devices.
Inmates at Bay County Jail can't receive incoming calls. They can only place collect calls — and only to numbers that accept them.
Getting money onto someone's account at Bay County Jail is straightforward once you know which method works for what you're paying for. Here are four ways to do it, plus the exact info you'll need to avoid delays.
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