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Tablets at SCI Greene: What Inmates Can Buy and How Families Can Help

Want to get a tablet to your loved one at SCI Greene? Here's what matters: who provides it, how to order, how you can help fund it, and the 30-day sync rule that keeps the device working.

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Tablets at SCI Greene: What Inmates Can Buy and How Families Can Help

Inmates at SCI Greene can purchase DOC-approved tablets through ViaPath Technologies. This is part of Pennsylvania's standardized tablet program - you can't buy one outside and ship it in. Everything goes through the vendor.

Have questions about the program itself? Call ViaPath Technologies at 877-650-4249. They handle tablet-program questions - anything that's not about your loved one's personal account balance.

The order has to come from inside. At SCI Greene, only the inmate can order a tablet through the DOC commissary - you can't place the order for them. What you can do is make sure they have funds ready when they decide to buy.

  • ✓ Set up a JPay account so you can send money your loved one can use toward a tablet purchase.
  • ✓ Deposit funds through JPay’s website.
  • ✓ Deposit funds by phone through JPay at 800-574-5729.
  • ✓ Send a money order to JPay.
  • ✓ Use the lobby kiosks located at the prison to deposit funds.

DOC tablets come with what's called a

Important: If the tablet isn’t synced to the prison kiosk within 30 days, it will lock.

Tablets at SCI Greene: What Inmates Can Buy and How Families Can Help
  1. Create your JPay account - a JPay account is required to send money your loved one can use toward buying a tablet.
  2. Choose a deposit method that works for you - you can deposit on JPay’s website, by phone at 800-574-5729, by sending a money order to JPay, or by using the lobby kiosks at the prison.
  3. Send funds early enough for commissary timing - since the inmate has to place the tablet order through the DOC commissary system, having money available ahead of time helps.
  4. Talk about the 30-day sync schedule - once they have a tablet, remind them it needs to be synced to a prison kiosk every 30 days so it stays active.

Reminder: For program questions, call ViaPath Technologies at 877-650-4249. Once your loved one has a tablet, they'll need to sync it to a prison kiosk every 30 days - miss that window and the device locks.

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