Understanding Phone Calls from Coastal State Prison: Securus Rates, Account Options, and Rules

Georgia uses Securus Technologies for inmate phone service. To pay for calls - or receive them without unexpected charges - set up a prepaid collect or direct bill account through Securus online or by calling 1-800-844-6591.

You have three main options for calls from Coastal State Prison: a Securus prepaid collect account (you fund it in advance), a direct bill account (charges go to you), or debit calling (the incarcerated person pays from funds they transfer into their calling account). Friends and family can set up prepaid collect or direct bill through the Securus website or by calling 1-800-844-6591 - usually the fastest way to get your number ready.

If multiple family members need to receive calls, prepaid collect is often the simplest choice - you can add several phone numbers to one account. Want your loved one to cover the cost instead? They can fund debit calling by transferring money from their trust account to their Securus debit calling account in $1 increments. That flexibility helps when they need just a few extra dollars to finish a call.

Calls from Coastal State Prison through Securus cost $0.06 per minute for prepaid collect, direct billed, and debit calls. The per-minute rate is the same across all three account types.

Quick math: at $0.06 per minute, a 25-minute call runs $1.50 (25 × $0.06 = $1.50). That matches the posted rate for a 25-minute local call, so you can use the same calculation for other call lengths.

Funding a Securus prepaid collect account? Keep the deposit cap in mind: $200.00 maximum per transaction. Anything over that requires multiple deposits.

Debit calling works differently. The incarcerated person transfers money from their trust account into their Securus debit calling account in $1 increments - easy to add just what's needed rather than moving a lump sum.

Call Rules

• ✓ Expect calls to be monitored and recorded.
• ✓ Don’t use call forwarding or three-way calling - those aren’t permitted.
• ✓ Plan for a hard cutoff: the maximum time allowed per call is 25 minutes.
• ✓ Make sure your number is approved - calls are restricted to telephone numbers on the offender’s Call Allow List.