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Sending Emails and Photos to an Inmate at Western Virginia Regional Jail via GettingOut

Western Virginia Regional Jail (WVRJ) uses GettingOut.com for sending emails and photos to someone in custody. Once you set up your account, you can send messages and images using credits.

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Western Virginia Regional Jail uses GettingOut.com for electronic messages and photos. If you want to stay in touch with someone at WVRJ, this is the system you'll use.

Inmates access GettingOut on tablets in their housing units. They can receive your emails and photos, and they can reply with emails. However, they cannot send photos back through the tablet system.

Note: WVRJ staff monitor all emails and photos sent through GettingOut.

Creating a GettingOut account is free. You only pay when you send emails or photos using credits.

  • ✓ Each email costs $0.25
  • ✓ Each photo costs $0.25

Note: Credits are not refundable once purchased.

Assume everything you send through GettingOut can be reviewed. WVRJ staff monitor all emails and photos, so keep your messages and images appropriate for a jail setting.

Follow the GettingOut email and photo guidelines every time. At WVRJ, breaking those rules can get your account canceled.

Note: Credits aren't refundable, so double-check your message and any photos before hitting send.

  1. Create your GettingOut account - Citizen account setup is free.
  2. Find the person you want to message - Select the inmate at Western Virginia Regional Jail.
  3. Add credits, then send - Each email costs $0.25, and each photo costs $0.25.

For technical problems or billing questions about GettingOut for WVRJ, visit the Contact Us page at GettingOut.com.

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