How to send messages, photos, and packages
Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center provides inmate tablets. Some features are free, but paid options—games, movies, music, video visits, phone calls, and messaging—require funds added online. You can also deposit money in person at two Inmate Banker Kiosks in the main lobby, available 24/7 and accepting cash or cards. These kiosks let you fund tablets, phone numbers, or commissary accounts. All visits happen through video, with both on-site and remote on-demand options. For remote visits, register an account at www.gettingout.com to schedule or join. Before you start, confirm the vendor, create and verify your account, add funds if needed, and contact the vendor (not facility staff) for any billing or technical issues.
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Getting money to someone at Northwestern Detention Center? You have three options: lobby kiosks, a mailed USPS money order, or online through ConnectNetwork. Just make sure you're putting funds in the right
Mail gets returned for small reasons—a missing name, an oversized card, or something extra tucked in the envelope. Follow these rules to make sure your letter or photos reach your person at Northwestern Detention Center.
Address your letter to Northwestern Detention Center using the incarcerated person’s full name, followed by the facility address: Inmate Full Name 141 Fort Collier Road Winchester, Virginia 22603
Paid tablet features require funds added online. You can also add money at two Inmate Banker Kiosks in the main lobby that are available 24/7 and accept cash or cards.
Yes. The facility uses video visitation with on-site and remote on-demand options. For remote visits, you'll need an account at www.gettingout.com to schedule or join.
On-site inmate visits may be up to 30 minutes. Off-site on-demand visits are limited to 15 minutes.
Address letters and money orders to: Inmate Name, 141 Fort Collier Road, Winchester, Virginia 22603, and include the inmate’s full name. Make sure the envelope also shows your complete return address.
Yes—photos are accepted but scanned to the inmate's tablet. Nothing vulgar, obscene, or gang-related. Oversized items larger than A4 (8 ½ x 14), including large greeting cards and drawings, get returned.
Send funds by money order and include your full name and address plus the inmate’s full name. Blank money orders, cash, and personal checks will be returned to the sender.
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Trying to get money to someone at Northwestern? You have three options: lobby kiosks, a mailed money order, or an online deposit. Which one works best depends on what the funds are for—phone, commissary, or tablet.
