Mail, photos, messaging, and phone/call options for staying in touch.
Gaston Correctional Center provides in-cell tablets and communication services through an NCDAC contract with ViaPath/GTL. These tablets support phone calls, texts, secure mail, education, and entertainment. Keep in mind that state and federal taxes are added to all phone calls, so you'll see those charges reflected in the billing. For tablet entertainment, people in custody purchase minutes at the prison canteen using funds from their institutional trust account. Communication services run through third-party vendors, so families typically set up an account through the provider's app or web portal to add funds and manage calling or video options. Follow the vendor's workflow for billing and setup rather than going through the facility directly.
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Mailing a letter to someone at Gaston Correctional Center? It won't go directly to the prison. All non-legal mail routes through TextBehind in Maryland first, where it's screened, scanned, and delivered electronically to the recipient's tablet.
Sending non-legal mail to someone at Gaston Correctional Center? It goes to a TextBehind processing P.O. Box in Maryland first. Once you have the right format, the process is simple.
Most communication with someone at Gaston Correctional Center goes through NCDAC's tablet and vendor systems. Once you learn the workflow for mail, visits, and funding, staying in touch gets a lot easier.
ViaPath/GTL provides tablet and related communication services at Gaston Correctional Center under an NCDAC contract, including options like phone calls, texts, secure mail, education, and entertainment.
Yes. Applicable state and federal taxes are added to all offender phone calls and appear on call charges.
People in custody buy minutes for tablet entertainment at the prison canteen using their institutional trust account funds. Families add funds and manage calling or video services through the communications vendor's portal or app, not through the facility.
Applying to visit someone at Gaston Correctional Center takes a few specific steps. Once you understand where to get the form and what can get an application rejected, the process goes much smoother.
Before you can visit someone at Gaston Correctional Center, you need to be on their approved visitor list. Here's exactly how the NC DAC approval process works—and what tends to slow things down.
Before sending money to someone at Gaston Correctional Center, confirm you're on their approved visitor list. NCDAC only allows trust account deposits from approved visitors.
