How to send messages, photos, and packages
Tryell Work Farm uses Getting Out Visits for video visiting. Download the app or use the online scheduler to start an on-demand session or book ahead. Since NCDAC facilities handle visits by appointment, you may need to call or email the prison to arrange or confirm your visit. Most communication services—video visits, phone access, tablets, messaging—run through third-party vendors, so you'll need to create an account in the vendor's portal or app. Some vendors also digitize incoming mail: TextBehind can scan letters, cards, photos, and artwork and deliver scanned images to an electronic tablet. For adding money, NCDAC partners with ViaPath and its subsidiaries, offering web, mobile, phone, and walk-in payment options.
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- Address your mail to TextBehind’s Maryland facility (not directly to Tyrrell Work Farm). - Put the offender’s name and OPUS number on the first line. - Write the full prison name: Tyrrell Work Farm (do not abbreviate). - Use this mailing address: P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131.
Download the Getting Out Visits app or use the web scheduler to start an on-demand visit or book a scheduled session. Since NCDAC visits are typically by appointment, call or email the prison to confirm scheduling requirements.
Yes—services such as TextBehind can scan letters, cards, photos, and artwork and forward scanned images for delivery on an inmate tablet. Check the vendor’s rules and any facility restrictions before sending originals or using a scanning service.
NCDAC partners with ViaPath and its subsidiaries to offer web, mobile, phone, and walk-in options for sending funds. You’ll typically add money through the vendor portal or app connected to the offender’s account.
Your non-legal letter gets scanned by TextBehind and delivered electronically to the person's tablet (same goes for cards, photos, and artwork). Want the original back? Email info@textbehind.com within 30 days and pay the $2.50 fee. After 30 days, it's shredded.
If it’s not sent to TextBehind using the required vendor format, it will be returned to the sender. The exception is items like packages and publications, which should be shipped directly to the prison’s street address instead of TextBehind.
No. Approved religious correspondence courses and sacred texts must be mailed directly from the vendor, school, or religious institution to the correctional facility, not through TextBehind.
Before visiting Tyrrell Work Farm, you need to be on the approved visitor list and have an appointment scheduled. There's also a firm limit on how many people can be approved per inmate.
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The biggest difference between deposit methods at Tyrrell Work Farm comes down to speed. Web, mobile, phone, and walk-in deposits post by the next business day. Mailed money orders take longer but cost nothing.
